What is adductor hiatus?

What is adductor hiatus?

The adductor hiatus (AH) can be described as an opening in the aponeurotic distal attachment of adductor magnus muscle, which transmits the femoral artery and vein from the adductor canal in the thigh to the popliteal fossa (1).

Is the adductor canal the adductor hiatus?

Structure. The adductor canal extends from the apex of the femoral triangle to the adductor hiatus. It is an intermuscular cleft situated on the medial aspect of the middle third of the anterior compartment of the thigh, and has the following boundaries: Posterior wall – adductor longus and adductor magnus.

What is adductor canal anatomy?

The adductor canal (Hunter’s canal, subsartorial canal) is a narrow conical tunnel located in the thigh. It is approximately 15cm long, extending from the apex of the femoral triangle to the adductor hiatus of the adductor magnus.

What forms the roof of the adductor canal?

anteriorly and laterally – the vastus medialis. posteriorly – the adductor longus and the adductor magnus. roof and medially- the sartorius.

What are the borders of the adductor hiatus?

Anatomical Parts It courses between the anterior compartment of thigh and the medial compartment of thigh, and has the following boundaries: anteriorly and laterally – the vastus medialis. posteriorly – the adductor longus and the adductor magnus. roof and medially- the sartorius.

Why adductor canal is called Hunter’s canal?

It is known as Hunter’s canal because John Hunter first described the exposure and ligation of the femoral artery for treatment of popliteal aneurysm. The femoral artery and vein pass into the popliteal fossa from the adductor canal by passing through a hiatus in the adductor magnus.

What goes through adductor hiatus?

However, only two structures enter and then leave through the hiatus; namely the femoral artery and femoral vein. The other two structures that are associated with the adductor hiatus are the saphenous branch of descending genicular artery and the saphenous nerve.

What is the Vasto adductor fascia?

The precise description of the fascia vasto-adductoria (FVA) has become an issue of great surgical and clinical importance. The FVA was a continuous subsartorial fascia, roofing the whole length of AC and extended between two points lying at a mean distance of 25.6 and 7 cm proximal to the base of patella.

What does Brevis in anatomy mean?

short in size
Brevis comes from Latin meaning ‘short in size’. Just as the other two Adductors, the Adductor Brevis is responsible for hip adduction, and aids in hip flexion and medial rotation.