Femoral artery

The femoral artery is a large <a href="/facts/Artery/Y1Yj0jat">artery</a> in the <a href="/facts/Thigh/HAGbp2M9">thigh</a> and the main arterial supply to the thigh and leg. The femoral artery gives off the <a href="/facts/Deep_femoral_artery/Ls3FSK2t">deep femoral artery</a> and descends along the anteromedial part of the thigh in the <a href="/facts/Femoral_triangle/souh3oDg">femoral triangle</a>. It enters and passes through the <a href="/facts/Adductor_canal/x2Rfa3fK">adductor canal</a>, and becomes the <a href="/facts/Popliteal_artery/YTePmDul">popliteal artery</a> as it passes through the <a href="/facts/Adductor_hiatus/l1tC6HHx">adductor hiatus</a> in the <a href="/facts/Adductor_magnus_muscle/4fo8Mcu2">adductor magnus</a> near the junction of the middle and distal thirds of the thigh.
The femoral artery <a href="/facts/Proximal/IpJ1fq2f">proximal</a> to the origin of the deep femoral artery is referred to as the common femoral artery, whereas the femoral artery <a href="/facts/Distal/IpJ1fq2f">distal</a> to this origin is referred to as the superficial femoral artery.

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Femoral artery