Femoral canal
Canalis femoralis
Definition
The femoral canal is the medial and smallest compartment of the vascular space of the femoral sheath, and contains some lymphatic vessels and a lymph gland imbedded in a small amount of areolar tissue.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
