The femoral artery is the one running along the thigh bone, which is the back leg of a dog. Just wrap your hand around the dog's back leg with your fingers pressing against the bone on the flat inner part of the leg and you'll feel it.
it is called the femoral pulse.
The pulse site in the groin area is the femoral artery. You can palpate this just superior to the anterior iliac crest.
Femoral
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Femoral and carotid
The largest artery (leading away from the heart) in the body runs along the femur bone, in your leg. Checking the femoral pulse in this artery can tell you if someone with a faint pulse is still with us.
Femoral pulse: located in the inner thigh, at the mid-inguinal point, halfway between the pubic symphysis and anterior superior iliac spine (femoral artery). (from Wikipedia)
the femoral artery is huge and passes through your thigh, hence the pulse you feel.
The femoral pulse may be palpated at the juncture of the thigh and the pelvis, bear the femoral condyle, patient front.
The leg has several pulses. The pulse in the groin fold is the femoral artery. The pulse felt behind the knee is the popliteal pulse. The pulses in the feet are the dorsalis pedis and the posterior tibial pulse.
femoral arterty
you're more than likely feeling the femoral artery pulse with blood. It is located closer to the groin but branches out