Acetabular branch of medial circumflex femoral artery
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Acetabular branch of medial circumflex femoral artery
| Artery: Acetabular branch of medial circumflex femoral artery | |
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| The profunda femoris artery, femoral artery and their major branches - right thigh, anterior view. Circumflex femoral arteries labeled. | |
| Latin | ramus acetabularis arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis |
| Gray's | subject #157 630 |
| Source | medial circumflex femoral artery |
The acetabular branch arises opposite the acetabular notch and enters the hip-joint beneath the transverse ligament in company with an articular branch from the obturator artery; it supplies the fat in the bottom of the acetabulum, and is continued along the ligament to the head of the femur.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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