Its floor is formed by the pectineus and adductor longus muscles medially and iliopsoas muscle laterally.

They are found in the triangle bounded by the inguinal ligament superiorly, the border of the sartorius muscle laterally, and the adductor longus muscle medially.

In a friendly match against SK Slovan Varnsdorf just prior to the start of the 2007-08 season Philipakos suffered an athletic pubalgia (more commonly referred to as a "sports hernia") on his right side and concomitantly tore his adductor longus muscle on the same side.