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PROFUNDUS FEMORIS ARTERY Flashcards

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INTRODUCTION

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Largest branch of femoral artery

chief supply to ALL THREE COMPARTMENTS OF THIGH

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ORIGIN

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from LATERAL side of femoral artery 4 cm below the inguinal ligament infront of iliacus

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course

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femoral triangle runs deep to adductor longus
between adductor longus and adductor brevis and then adductor longus and adductor magnus
terminal- pierces adductor magnus and anastomoses with upper muscular branches of popliteal artery

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branches

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medial circumflex artery- passes posteriorly btw psoas major and pectineus
branches-

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