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Definition of Femoral artery

1. Noun. The chief artery of the thigh; a continuation of the external iliac artery.

Medical Definition of Femoral artery

1. The main artery of the thigh, a continuation of the external iliac artery. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Femoral Artery

Literary usage of Femoral artery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"The femoral artery (Fig. 376). The femoral artery is the continuation of the ... On the outer side of the femoral artery is the anterior crural nerve ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"For convenience of description, the upper part of the main trunk is named femoral, the lower part, popliteal. The femoral artery (Fig. 317). ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1882)
"... danger from this source was considerably increased by the free collateral circulation consequent upon the previous obliteration of the femoral artery. ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The superficial position of the femoral artery in the femoral triangle renders it ... The application of a ligature to the femoral artery may be required in ..."

5. Organizations by James G. March, Herbert Alexander Simon (1878)
"The Superficial femoral artery may be tied in any ... The femoral artery may also be tied at a lower point, where the sar- torins muscle will still be the ..."

6. The Structure of Conflict by Paul G. Swingle (1885)
"In 18(35 I was called upon to apply a ligature to the femoral artery of a man over seventy years of age for femoral aneurism. The vessel was so brittle that ..."

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