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medial femoral circumflex vein — n a vein accompanying the medial femoral circumflex artery and emptying into the femoral vein or sometimes into one of its tributaries and corresponding to the deep femoral artery compare LATERAL FEMORAL CIRCUMFLEX VEIN … Medical dictionary
lateral femoral circumflex artery — n an artery that branches from the deep femoral artery or from the femoral artery itself and that supplies the muscles of the lateral part of the thigh and hip joint compare MEDIAL FEMORAL CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY … Medical dictionary
circumflex artery — n any of several paired curving arteries: as a) either of two arteries that branch from the deep femoral artery or from the femoral artery itself: (1) LATERAL FEMORAL CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY (2) MEDIAL FEMORAL CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY b) either of two… … Medical dictionary
Medial circumflex femoral artery — Artery: Medial circumflex femoral artery The profunda femoris artery, femoral artery and their major branches right thigh, anterior view. Circumflex femoral arteries labeled. Latin arteria cir … Wikipedia
lateral femoral circumflex vein — n a vein that accompanies the lateral femoral circumflex artery and empties into the femoral vein or sometimes into one of its tributaries and that corresponds to the deep femoral artery compare MEDIAL FEMORAL CIRCUMFLEX VEIN … Medical dictionary
Artery — A vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body. Since blood in arteries is usually full of oxygen, the hemoglobin in the red blood cells is oxygenated. The resultant form of… … Medical dictionary
Profunda femoris artery — Artery: Profunda femoris artery The profunda femoris artery, femoral artery and their major branches right thigh, anterior view. (Femoral profunda labeled at right center.) … Wikipedia
Femoral nerve — Nerve: Femoral nerve The lumbar plexus and its branches. (Femoral labeled at bottom left.) … Wikipedia
Lateral circumflex femoral artery — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = arteria circumflexa femoris lateralis GraySubject = 157 GrayPage = 630 Caption = The profunda femoris artery, femoral artery and their major branches right thigh, anterior view. Circumflex femoral arteries… … Wikipedia
Transverse branch of lateral circumflex femoral artery — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = ramus transversus arteriae circumflexae femoris lateralis GraySubject = 157 GrayPage = 630 Caption = The profunda femoris artery, femoral artery and their major branches right thigh, anterior view.… … Wikipedia
