Femoral Artery

Question 1

Where does the external iliac artery exit the pelvic cavity?

Answer 1

Deep to the inguinal ligament

Question 2

What does the external iliac artery branch into?

Answer 2

Femoral artery

Deep artery of thigh

Question 3

What do the medial/lateral femoral circumflex arteries arise from?

Answer 3

Usually, deep artery of thigh

Question 4

Where do the perforating arteries travel?

Answer 4

From deep artery of thigh, travel posterior and laterally

Question 5

Where does the femoral artery pass through to gain access to the posterior aspect of the femur?

Answer 5

Adductor hiatus

Question 6

Which muscle does the deep artery of the thigh pass posterior to?

Answer 6

Adductor longus

Question 7

What does the femoral artery become on the posterior aspect of the leg?

Answer 7

Popliteal artery

Question 8

What is the path that the blood supply to the lower limb takes?

Answer 8

Femoral triangle –> Subsartorial canal (femoral artery) and Adductor canal (deep artery of thigh) –> Adductor magnus (deep artery of thigh) and Adductor hiatus (femoral artery)

Question 9

Where does the medial femoral circumflex artery travel?

Answer 9

Passes between iliopsoas and pectineus to head posteriorly

Question 10

Where does the lateral femoral circumflex artery travel?

Answer 10

Deep to rectus femoris

Question 11

What is the order of the neuromuscular bundle in the thigh as it passes medial to lateral?

Answer 11

Vein
Artery
Nerve