{{short description|Compartment beneath the inguinal ligament}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2009}} {{Other uses|Lacuna (disambiguation){{!}}Lacuna}} The '''vascular lacuna''' (Latin: ''lacuna vasorum (retroinguinalis)'') is the medial compartment beneath the inguinal ligament.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=lacuna vasorum retroinguinalis |url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/lacuna+vasorum+retroinguinalis |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=TheFreeDictionary.com}}</ref> It is separated from the lateral muscular lacuna by the iliopectineal arch.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">Ross, L.M., Lamperti, E.D. (2006). Thieme: Atlas of Anatomy: 489</ref> It gives passage to the femoral vessels,<ref name=":0" /> lymph vessels and lymph nodes.
The lacunar ligament can be a site of entrapment for femoral hernias.<ref name=":1" />
== Anatomy == Its boundaries are the iliopectineal arch, the inguinal ligament, the lacunar ligament, and the superior border of the pubis.
=== Contents === The structures found in the vascular lacuna, from medial to lateral, are:
* Cloquet's node * Femoral vein * Femoral artery * Femoral branch of the genitofemoral nerve
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