Obturator canal
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The obturator canal is a passageway formed in the obturator foramen by part of the obturator membrane and the pelvis. It connects the pelvis to the thigh.
Structure
The obturator canal is formed between the obturator membrane and the pelvis.[1] The obturator artery, obturator vein, and obturator nerve all travel through the canal.
Clinical significance
An obturator hernia is a type of hernia involving an intrusion into the obturator canal.
The obturator nerve can be compressed in the obturator canal.[2]
The obturator canal may be compressed during pregnancy and major traumatic injuries, causing obturator syndrome.[3]
See also
References
Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from Template:Wikidatathe 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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