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The purpose of the femoral artery is to circulate blood around the thigh area as well as provide blood to the knees and feet. This process is critical as cells within the body require oxygen to survive and blood carries this oxygen to them.
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∙ 16y agoThe femoral artery runs down the inner thigh and provides the leg with oxygenated blood from the heart.
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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 artery or vein serves the posterior thigh?
Deep femoral artery
What are the external iliac becomes this artery on the entering the thigh?
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
