Ascending branch of medial circumflex femoral artery
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Ascending branch of medial circumflex femoral artery
| Artery: Ascending 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 ascendens arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis |
| Gray's | subject #157 630 |
| Source | medial circumflex femoral artery |
The ascending branch is distributed to the adductor muscles of the thigh, the gracilis muscle, and obturator externus muscle, and anastomoses with the obturator artery.
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