Femoral artery

The femoral artery ( femoral artery ) is a continuation of the external iliac artery, the artery supplying the leg. It gives off just below the inguinal ligament which is about equally strong arteria profunda femoris, which turns into the depth and provides the main supply of the thigh. In the domestic animals the deep femoral artery is already starting from the external iliac artery. The femoral artery itself remains relatively superficial and pulls straight on to the lower leg.

Anatomy in humans

The femoral artery occurs together with the femoral vein through beneath the inguinal ligament. They move through the lacuna vasorum, the ( inguinal ligament ) of the inguinal ligament, the pecten pubis pectineum with the ligament and the Arcus pectineus is limited. The femoral nerve does not follow the course of the artery, but happens to the iliopsoas muscle the muscular lacuna. It is then first on the pectineus ( Fossa iliopectineal ), then on the adductor longus, then on the adductor magnus adductor canal in front of the vastus medialis covered. Through a gap in the tendon of the adductor magnus wide ( adductor hiatus ) she comes to the knee, where it is called the popliteal artery.

In its course, the artery gives off branches femoral following:

• Epigastric artery Superficial
• Artery circumflex iliac superficial
• Pudendal artery externa ( usually several )
• Descending artery genus
• Arteria profunda femoris

Anatomy of domestic animals

In the domestic mammals the femoral artery runs from the lacuna vasorum on the leg gap to the knee.

She dismisses the following branches:

• Lateral circumflex femoral artery: supplies the quadriceps
• Caudal arteries femoris: several vessels, they supply the muscles of the posterior upper and lower leg muscles
• Arteria saphena
• Artery descending genus: supplies the knee area