Images with and without the sartorius muscle, showing the femoral vein and artery beneath
Details
Source
Popliteal, profunda femoris, great saphenous
Drains to
External iliac vein
Artery
Femoral artery
Identifiers
Latin
vena femoralis
MeSH
D005268
TA98
A12.3.11.023
TA2
5055
FMA
21185
Anatomical terminology
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In the human body, the femoral vein is the vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the femoral sheath. It is a deep vein that begins at the adductor hiatus (an opening in the adductor magnus muscle) as the continuation of the popliteal vein. The great saphenous vein (a superficial vein), and the deep femoral vein drain into the femoral vein in the femoral triangle when it becomes known as the common femoral vein. It ends at the inferior margin of the inguinal ligament where it becomes the external iliac vein.[1] Its major tributaries are the deep femoral vein, and the great saphenous vein. The femoral vein contains valves.
^Jonas Keiler; Marko Schulze; Host Claassen; Andreas Wree (2018). "Femoral vein diameter, valve and tributary topography in humans - a post mortem analysis". Clinical Anatomy. 31 (7): 1065–1076. doi:10.1002/ca.23224. PMID 30240062. S2CID 52308003.
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the lacunar ligament Laterally by the femoralvein The position of the femoral canal medially to the femoralvein is of physiologic importance. The space...
leg and thigh to the deep femoralvein at the femoral triangle. The great saphenous vein originates from where the dorsal vein of the big toe (the hallux)...
small veins of less than 300 micrometres. The deep veins of the lower limb include the common femoralvein, femoralvein, and the deep femoralvein; the...
becomes the femoralvein. It drains blood from the leg. It can be assessed using medical ultrasound. It can be affected by popliteal vein entrapment....
diagnosis: inguinal hernia, an enlarged femoral lymph node, aneurysm of the femoral artery, dilation of the saphenous vein, athletic pubalgia, and an abscess...
commonly placed in veins in the neck (internal jugular vein), chest (subclavian vein or axillary vein), groin (femoralvein), or through veins in the arms (also...
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femoral branch of the genitofemoral nerve, branches of the ilioinguinal nerve, superficial branches of the femoral artery with accompanying veins, and...
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medial side of the femoralvein. Front of abdomen, showing surface markings for arteries and inguinal canal. Femoral canal Femoral hernia Inguinal canal...
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of the thigh consists of the femoralvein, common femoralvein, deep femoralvein, the proximal part of the popliteal vein, and various smaller vessels;...
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is a clinical test for assessing the patency of the deep femoralvein prior to varicose vein surgery. It is named after German surgeon Georg Perthes....
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inguinal ring The great saphenous vein and its tributaries The femoralvein and its tributaries Superficial veins of lower limb. Superficial dissection...
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the thigh giving passage to parts of the femoral artery, vein, and nerve. It extends from the apex of the femoral triangle to the adductor hiatus. The adductor...
intercourse Femoral nerve Femoral triangle Femoralvein Insect femur This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Femoral. If an internal link...
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patient's blood vessels, usually either in the femoralvein, internal jugular vein, or subclavian vein. The catheters are then advanced towards the heart...
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establishes an important communication between the femoralvein and axillary vein. This is an especially important vein when the inferior vena cava (IVC) becomes...
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