Femoral Triangle Boundaries and Contents, Anatomy Tutorial

, anatomy, femoral, thigh link for donation: The femoral triangle (or Scarpa s triangle) is an anatomical region of the upper third of the thigh. The femoral triangle is bounded: superiorly by the inguinal ligament. medially by the medial border of the adductor longus muscle laterally by the medial border of the sartorius muscle. The following structures are contained within the femoral triangle (from lateral to medial): Lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh crosses the lateral angle of the triangle. Femoral nerve The nerve enters the femoral triangle by passing beneath the inguinal ligament and after a short course of about 4 cm in the thigh, the nerve is divided into anterior and posterior divisions. The saphenous nerve is a brach from the posterior division of the femoral nerve. After its origin the saphenous nerve approaches the apex of the femoral triangle. Femoral arter