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femoral canal

femoral canal noun: the medial and smallest compartment, conical in shape, of the three compartments of the femoral sheath.

Noun

femoral canal (plural femoral canals)

  1. The medial and smallest compartment, conical in shape, of the three compartments of the femoral sheath.

Forms of femoral canal

pluralfemoral canals

Questions about femoral canal

What does femoral canal mean?
Femoral canal means the medial and smallest compartment, conical in shape, of the three compartments of the femoral sheath.
What part of speech is femoral canal?
Femoral canal is a noun.
What is the plural of femoral canal?
The plural of femoral canal is femoral canals.

Words near femoral canal in the dictionary

  1. femora
  2. femoracetabular
  3. femoral
  4. femoral arteries
  5. femoral artery
  6. femoral canal
  7. femoral canals
  8. femoral sheath
  9. femoral sheaths
  10. femoral triangle
  11. femoral triangles

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