Espiral Atlas
Anatomical regionLower limb

Adductor hiatus

hiatus adductorius

An opening at the end of the adductor canal, between the distal aponeurotic attachment of the adductor part of the adductor magnus and the distal tendinous attachment of the hamstring part of the same muscle. It lies just above and lateral to the adductor tubercle of the femur.

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