loading...| Preferred Name |
femoral artery |
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| 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 |
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0015801 http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/244332003 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femoral_artery NCIT:C12715 UMLS:C0015801 galen:FemoralArtery OpenCyc:Mx4rwHMI05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA MESH:D005263 BTO:0001624 EMAPA:35342 CALOHA:TS-0321 AAO:0010222 FMA:70248 GAID:494 MA:0001951 |
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| depicted by |
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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| imported from | ||
| in_subset |
http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#uberon_slim |
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| label |
femoral artery |
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| notation |
UBERON:0002060 |
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| prefLabel |
femoral artery |
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| textual 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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| subClassOf |
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