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