Adductor Hiatus

Fig. 13.11a,b Adductor hiatus. Transverse a gray-scale and b color Doppler 12-5 MHz US images over the lower third of the medial thigh demonstrate the superficial femoral artery open arrowhead) and vein white arrowhead), and the saphenous nerve open arrow) which course underneath the aponeurosis white arrow) of the adductor magnus (AM). Note the sartorius muscle (Sa) which lies superficial to the femoral neurovascular bundle. The insert at the upper left of the figure indicates probe positioning... 

The popliteal artery is the direct continuation of the femoral artery. It begins at the adductor hiatus and ends at the inferior edge of the pop-liteus muscle where it divides into the anterior and posterior tibial arteries. In the popliteal fossa. 

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