loading...| Preferred Name |
femoral artery |
| Synonyms |
arteria femoralis |
| Definitions |
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]. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002060 |
| branching_part_of | |
| database_cross_reference |
AAO:0010222 GAID:494 galen:FemoralArtery SCTID:244332003 UMLS:C0015801 Wikipedia:Femoral_artery FMA:70248 MA:0001951 MESH:D005263 CALOHA:TS-0321 OpenCyc:Mx4rwHMI05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA EMAPA:35342 BTO:0001624 NCIT:C12715 |
| definition |
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]. |
| depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Gray546.png |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
arteria femoralis |
| id |
UBERON:0002060 |
| in_subset | |
| label |
femoral artery |
| notation |
UBERON:0002060 |
| prefLabel |
femoral artery |
| UBPROP_0000001 |
Artery which supplies blood via branches to the hindlimbs.[AAO] |
| subClassOf |