2024年5月3日 · The femoral artery is the main blood vessel supplying oxygen-rich blood to your lower body. It starts in your upper thigh, near your groin and runs down to the back of your knee. The function of the femoral artery and its branches is to supply your lower body with blood.

The femoral artery is a large artery in the thigh and the main arterial supply to the thigh and leg. The femoral artery gives off the deep femoral artery and descends along the anteromedial part of the thigh in the femoral triangle.

2024年8月2日 · Where Is the Femoral Artery Located? In the top third of your thigh, there's an area called the femoral triangle. The borders of this triangle are the inguinal ligament, the adductor...

2022年7月4日 · The femoral artery is a continuation of the external iliac artery and constitutes the major blood supply to the lower limb. In the thigh, the femoral artery passes through the femoral triangle, a wedge-shaped depression formed by muscles in the upper thigh.

2024年11月2日 · After exiting the femoral triangle, the femoral artery continues down the anterior aspect of the thigh, through a tunnel known as the adductor canal. During its descent, the artery supplies the anterior thigh muscles. The adductor canal ends at an opening in the adductor magnus, called the adductor hiatus.

2025年1月24日 · Location. The femoral artery originates from the external iliac artery as it passes under the inguinal ligament and enters the femoral triangle in the upper thigh. It runs down the anteromedial aspect of the thigh, passing deep to the sartorius muscle.

2023年6月20日 · Put simply, the femoral artery originates in the groin and runs down each leg, stopping right around the knee. (At the knee, the femoral artery becomes the popliteal artery).

2022年6月30日 · The femoral artery is a large artery in the thigh that starts near the groin and travels down the leg to the knee. The femoral artery provides oxygenated blood to the lower body. This article describes the location and function of the femoral artery and the structure of arteries.

2011年4月25日 · Femoral Artery Location. This artery begins immediately behind the inguinal ligament. This place is known as the femoral head. From here, it passes midway between the anterior spine of the ilium and symphysis pubis and continues down the …

The femoral artery, vein, and nerve all exist in the anterior region of the thigh known as the femoral triangle, just inferior to the inguinal ligament. Within the femoral triangle, the anatomical relationship from medial to lateral is femoral vein, common femoral artery, and femoral nerve.