FEMORAL TRIANGLE

• CONTENTS TRIANGULAR
DEPRESSION
• FEMORAL ARTERY & BRANCHES - 3 IN UPPER
SUPERFICIAL & 3 DEEP 1/3RD OF
THIGH
• FEMORAL VEIN & TRIBUTARIES
• FEMORAL SHEATH
• NERVES
FEMORAL NERVE
FEMORAL BR. OF GENITOFEMORAL
LAT. CUT. NERVE OF THIGH
• DEEP INGUINAL LYMPH NODE
BOUNDARIES :
LATERALLY – Medial Border of Sartorius
MEDIALLY – Medial Border of Adductor Longus
BASE – Inguinal Ligament
Apex – Where Medical & lateral Boundaries
cross
continuous with adductor canal
ROOF –
 Skin
 Superficial Fascia with sup.Ing.Lymph nodes
 Branch of Gen.Femoral Nerve
 Upper part of Great saphenous vein
 Deep fascia with Saphenous Opening
CRIBRIFORM FASCIA
FLOOR –
Medially – Adductor Longus & Pectineus
laterally – psoas Major & Iliacus
 SUPERFICIAL
INGUINAL
LYMPH NODES

• UPPER HORIZONTAL GROUP

• UPPER LATERAL
• UPPER MEDIAL
• LOWER VERTICAL GROUP
 FEMORAL SHEATH
• FUNNEL SHAPED EXTENSION OF FASCIAL LINING OF
ABDOMINAL CAVITY SURROUNDING UPPER 4 CMS OF
FEMORAL ARTERY & VEIN WALLS
• ANT.WALL – FASCIA TRANSVERSALIS
• POST. WALL – FASCIA ILIACA
• LATERAL WALL LONGER & VERTICAL
• DIVIDED IN 3RD COMPARTMENTS
BY TWO VERTICAL ANTERO- POST. SEPTA
COMPARTMENTS OF FEMORAL SHEATH

LATERAL / ARTERIAL INTERMEDIATE/ VENOUS MEDIAL / LYMPHATIC

• FEMORAL ARTERY & FEMORAL • FEMORAL VEIN • SMALLEST & CONTAINS FEMORAL
BRANCH OF GEN.FEMO.NERVE CANAL
 FEMORAL CANAL & RING
• MEDIAL COMPARTMENT OF FEMORAL SHEATH
• CONICAL IN SHAPE , WIDE ABOVE, NARROW BELOW
• BASE OR UPPER END CALLED FEMORAL RING
• CLOSED BY CONDENSATION OF
• EXTRA-PERITONEAL TISSUE
• CALLED FEMORAL SEPTUM
• WIDER IN FEMALES DUE TO
• WIDER PELVIS & SMALL
• FEMORAL VESSELS
 ADDUCTOR CANAL

• ALSO NAMED AS HUNTER’S CANAL

• • PRESENT IN MIDDLE ONE THIRD OF THIGH MEDIALLY
DEEP TO
• SARTORIUS MUSCLE
• • EXTENDS FROM APEX OF FEMORAL TRIANGLE TO
ADDUCTOR
• HIATUS
FEMORAL HERNIA
• ABDOMINAL CONTENTS BULGE OUT
FORMING A FEMORAL HERNIA FROM
FEMORAL CANAL
• FEMORAL CANAL IS POTENTIAL
WEAKNESS IN ABDOMINAL WALL
• STRANGULATED HERNIA – SURGEON HAS
TO ENLARGE FEMORAL RING BY CUTTING
LACUNAR LIGAMENT
MERALGIA
PARASTHETIC

• LATERAL CUTANEOUS NERVE OF THIGH

ENTANGLED IN INGUINAL LIGAMENT&
CAUSES PAIN ON LATERAL SIDE OF
THIGH
Iv infusion In infants Pulsation from femoral artery
FEMORAL ARTERY CATHETERIZATION
INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION ON THIGH