Femoral artery

Infobox Artery
Name = PAGENAME
Latin = arteria femoralis
GraySubject = 157
GrayPage = 623


Caption = Structures passing behind the inguinal ligament. (Femoral artery labeled at upper right.)


Caption2 = Femoral artery and its major branches - right thigh, anterior view.
BranchFrom = external iliac artery
BranchTo = Superficial epigastric artery
Superficial iliac circumflex
Superficial external pudendal
Deep external pudendal
Deep femoral artery
Vein = femoral vein
Supplies = anterior compartment of thigh
MeshName = Femoral+Artery
MeshNumber = A07.231.114.35
DorlandsPre = a_61
DorlandsSuf = 12154275
The femoral artery is a large artery in the muscles of the thigh.

Clinical significance

The femoral artery pulse can be palpated at the femoral triangle.

uperficial femoral artery

Some radiologists, vascular surgeons and other specialist physicians refer to the femoral artery as the "superficial femoral artery" after the profunda femoris artery branch point to differentiate the femoral artery segments before and after the branch point. This term, historically, has "not" been used by anatomists, and has fallen out of favour with most physicians because it has led to considerable confusion with its accompanying vein, the femoral vein, which if called "superficial femoral vein" might incorrectly be assumed to be a superficial vein, as opposed to a deep vein.

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External links

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* [http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/surface/pulses/pulses.html Image at umich.edu - pulse]
* [http://kobiljak.msu.edu/CAI/ANT551/Unit04/Topic07/U4_L7_O1.html Diagram at MSU]