femoral canal

Function: - it provides passage for lymphatics passing from lower limb to trunk & facilitates expansion of the adjacent femoral vein when it expands during a Valsalva maneuver Structure: - medial compartment of the femoral sheath, occupied by an inguinal lymph node (of Cloquet) Pathology: - herniation of pelvic contents through the femoral canal results in an femoral hernia

Related

femoral hernia femoral sheath inguinal canal

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999