page_title: Obturator canal
section_title: Pathology
hierarchical_section_title: Obturator canal / Pathology
context_page_description: The obturator canal is a passageway formed in the obturator foramen by part of the obturator membrane. It connects the pelvis to the thigh.
  The obturator artery, obturator vein, and obturator nerve all travel through the canal.
context_section_description: An obturator hernia is a type of hernia involving an intrusion into the obturator canal.
caption: Variations in origin and course of obturator artery. (Obturator canal not labeled, but visible at bottom center of each diagram.)
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