femoral canal

The femoral canal is conical and measures about 1.25 cm.

The femoral ring is the base of the femoral canal.

Cloquet's name is associated with three anatomical terms regarding the femoral canal:

The femoral canal is located below the inguinal ligament on the lateral aspect of the pubic tubercle.

The femoral canal is bordered:

The position of the femoral canal medially to the femoral vein is of physiologic importance.

The lacunar ligament is the only boundary of the femoral canal that can be cut to release a femoral hernia.

Part of the intestine can sometimes pass through the femoral ring into the femoral canal to form a femoral hernia.

The femoral canal contains efferent lymphatic vessels and a lymph node embedded in a small amount of areolar tissue.

The entrance to the femoral canal is the femoral ring, through which bowel can sometimes enter, causing a femoral hernia.

Femoral hernias occur just below the inguinal ligament, when abdominal contents pass through a naturally occurring weakness called the femoral canal.

An irreducible femoral hernia occurs when a femoral hernia becomes stuck in the femoral canal.

The stem was modified slightly to fit more tightly into the femoral canal, resulting in the Anatomic Medullary Locking (AML) stem design.

The lateral compartment contains the femoral artery, the intermediate compartment contains the femoral vein, and the medial and smallest compartment is called the femoral canal.

A femoral hernia is not via the inguinal canal, but via the femoral canal, which normally allows passage of the common femoral artery and vein from the pelvis to the leg.

Cooper's hernia: a femoral hernia with two sacs, the first being in the femoral canal, and the second passing through a defect in the superficial fascia and appearing almost immediately beneath the skin.

This tubercle, found roughly 3 cm from the pubic symphysis, is a distinctive feature on the lower part of the abdominal wall; important when localizing the superficial inguinal ring and the femoral canal of the inguinal canal.

The lateral compartment contains the femoral artery, and the intermediate the femoral vein, while the medial and smallest compartment is named the femoral canal, and contains some lymphatic vessels and a lymph gland imbedded in a small amount of areolar tissue.