THE FEMORAL ARTERY 



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come off less than 3.7 cm. (1^ m.) below Poupart's ligament, or even from the external iliac above 

 Poupart s bgament, when the superficial will be longer than normal. The practical point to 

 remember is that it is more usual to meet with a short than with a long common femoral and 

 that if the superficial femoral is tied at the apex of the femoral trigone— i. e., the spot where 

 the sartorius comes into contact with the adductor longus— there is nearly always a sufficient 



Fig. 496— The Femoral Artery. (After Toldt, "Atlas of Human Anatomy," Rebman 



London and New York.) 



Superficial epigastric artery- 

 Tensor of fascia lata 



Femoral nerve j 



Femoral artery ■ 



Femoral vein 



SartoriUs. 



Deep femoral artery 



[ Ascending 

 Lateral circum- J branch 



flex artery \ Descending 



I branch 



Fascia lata 



1 



First perforating artery 



\ 



Deep femoral artery 



Vastus medialis 



Femoral vein 



Saphenous nerve 



Femoral artery 



w 



Rectus femoris- 



- External spermatic artery 



Medial circumflex artery 

 — Superficial branch 



n— Adductor brevis 



Adductor longus 



Gracilis 



Ventral wall of adductor canal 



Articular rete of the knee/ 

 \ 



Muscular branch 



Saphenous nerve 



Sartorius 



Genu suprema artery 



jg ^""^ Superior medial articular artery 

 "^/Mi — Articular branch 

 fm Saphenous branch 



length of that vessel above the ligature to ensure a firm internal clot and consequently, as far 

 as this point is concerned, a sucQessful result. 



rfi<rT5R^^•^^^*^°°^i'l*^1-^®?•°'■^^,^*^'^y ^° *^^ femoral trigone.— In front, the femoral artery 

 1„^'k1 • '^ .^°^^!:^d by the skin, the superficial fascia, the ihac portion of the fascia lata, and the 

 S T^^" .•^''^"'■^P '^'■^"'^^ °^ *h^ genito-femoral nerve. The superficial circumflex ihac 

 vein, and sometimes the superficial epigastric vein, descend over the artery from the medial to 



