femoral

[From Latin femur, femor-, thigh.]

Pertaining to the femur.

Pertaining to the femur or to the thigh.

• f. artery — the chief artery of the thigh.
• f. canal — the passage that conducts the femoral vessels from the abdomen to the thigh.
• f. epiphyseolysis — occurs in pigs 5 to 12 months old. There is moderate lameness in one or both hindlimbs. The onset is sudden and often precipitated by physical effort; it worsens within a few days so that the pig cannot use the limb. There is crepitus at the hip joint. There is an underlying osteochondrosis.
• f. head — rounded proximal articulating extremity of the femur; participates in the hip joint.
• f. head necrosis — see legg–calvé–perthes disease.
• f. hernia — protrusion of a loop of intestine into the femoral canal, a tubular passageway that carries nerves and blood vessels to the thigh.
• f. ligament — ligament of the femoral head which runs from the depths of the acetabulum (hip socket) to the pit (fossa) in the head of the femur.
• f. nerve — the largest branch of the lumbar plexus.
• f. slipped head — see femoral epiphyseolysis.
• f. vein — the chief vein of the thigh.

Femoral can refer to:

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• Femoral artery
• Femoral vein
• Femur
• Femoral triangle
• Femoral nerve

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