connecting branch of
external iliac artery
artery
femoral artery
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UBERON:0002060
MESH:D005263
arteria femoralis
FMA:70248
EMAPA:35342
uberon
BTO:0001624
NCIT:C12715
AAO:0010222
CALOHA:TS-0321
MA:0001951
The femoral artery is a large artery in the muscles of the thigh. It is a continuation of external iliac artery where it enters the femoral triangle at the mid inguinal point behind the inguinal ligament. It leaves femoral triangle through apex beneath the sartorius muscle. It enters the popliteal fossa by passing through the 5th osseo-aponeurotic(adductor hiatus) opening of adductor magnus where it becomes the Popliteal Artery. [WP,unvetted].
Wikipedia:Femoral_artery
galen:FemoralArtery
Artery which supplies blood via branches to the hindlimbs.[AAO]
SCTID:244332003
UMLS:C0015801
GAID:494