the femoral artery supplies blood to the leg.
the femoral artery supplies blood to the leg.
where does the femoral artery supply blood to?
the leg
the femoral artery is susceptible to peripheral arterial disease. when it is blocked through atherosclerosis, percutaneous intervention with access from the opposite femoral may be needed. endarterectomy, a surgical cut down and removal of the plaque of the femoral artery is also common. if the femoral artery has to be ligated surgically to treat a popliteal aneurysm, blood can still reach the popliteal artery distal to the ligation via the genicular anastomosis. however, if flow in the femoral artery of a normal leg is suddenly disrupted, blood flow distally is rarely sufficient. the reason for this is the fact that the genicular anastomosis is only present in a minority of individuals and is always undeveloped when disease in the femoral artery is absent.
femoral artery
medial circumflex femoral artery









































the medial circumflex femoral artery (internal circumflex artery, medial femoral circumflex artery) is an artery in the upper thigh that helps supply blood to the neck of the femur. damage to the artery following a femoral neck fracture may lead to avascular necrosis (ischemic) of the femoral neck/head.









































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the medial femoral circumflex artery arises from the medial and posterior aspect of the profunda femoris artery, and winds around the medial side of the femur, passing first between the pectineus and iliopsoas muscles, and then between the obturator externus and the adductor brevis muscles.
medial circumflex femoral artery