[Anatomical and surgical notes on the morphology of Hunter's canal]

The morphology of Hunter's canal was examined, together with behaviour of the sheath of the femoral vessels and the relations between this sheath and the walles of the canal. A search was made for morphological and anatomotopographical features capable of explaining early and intense degenerative arteriopathy and the reasons why this is a level of choice for segmentary forms. The extent, constitution and behaviour of the adductor canal are explained. It is shown that, under normal conditions, the sheath is independent of the canal walls. Mechanical influences on the corresponding segment of the artery may be attributable to early inflammation or sclerosis of the cell milieu of the adductor canal.