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Yes. Turn your leg outward and forward (anterolaterally). There's a triangular depression in the thigh known as the femoral triangle. The femoral artery can be palpated there.
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∙ 13y agoThe femoral artery can be felt on some patients depending on the overlaying fat in the thigh.
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∙ 9y agoYour arteries won't "hurt" unless there is a weakening caused by a pressure or blockage. Your femoral artery goes along your femur in your thigh so it wouldn't be good if it were "hurting".
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Where is the artery in the leg located?
The femoral artery.
Which arteries supply the legs with blood?
The main artery that feeds the legs would be the femoral artery.
Does the common femoral vein lie medial or lateral to the common femoral artery?
The common femoral vein is medial to the common femoral artery. The common femoral artery lies farther from the body's midline.
Rectus femoris blood supply?
ascending branch of lateral circumflex femoral artery
What are the external iliac becomes this artery on the entering the thigh?
Femoral Artery
What artery or vein serves the posterior thigh?
Deep femoral artery
What is the major artery in the knee?
The major artery of the thigh is the Femoral artery and runs through the muscles, from the groin down the inner leg. It is approximately 4cm in length then it divides into two branches. The superficial femoral artery and the profunda femoris artery, which is closer to the femur that the femoral artery. The femoral artery does not leave the thigh and is aproximately 9 1/2 inches from groin to just above the knee.
Artery in leg?
femoral artery
Longest artery in body?
It is the superficial femoral artery that is the longest in the human body.
What external iliac artery becomes on entry into the thigh?
Deep femoral
To stop sever bleeding of the upper leg which pressure -point artery should you press on?
Femoral artery.
Artery palpated in the groin?
femoral artery
