BRANCHES OF THE FEMORAL ARTERY 



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(3) the external pudendal arteries [aa. pudendae externse], arise from the 

 medial side of the femoral. Some of them pass either through the fascia lata, or 



Fig. 497. 



-To SHOW THE Anastomoses of the Arteries of the Lower Extremity. 

 (After Smith and ^Yalsham.) 



Inferior epigastric artery 



Dio-lumbar artery 



Deep circumflex iliac artery 



Superior gluteal artery 



Common femoral artery 



Profunda artery 



Lateral circumflex artery 



Crucial anastomosis ' 



Popliteal artery 



Abdominal aorta 



Common iliac artery 

 Middle sacral artery 



Hypogastric artery 

 External Uiac artery 

 Obturator artery 

 Inferior gluteal artery 

 Internal pudendal artery 

 Medial circumflex artery 



Superficial femoral artery 



Perforating branches of profunda 



Genu suprema 



Terminal branch of profunda anasto- 

 mosing with popliteal 



Superior lateral articular 



Inferior lateral articular 



Fibular collateral ligament 



Tibial recurrent 



Anterior tibial artery ■ 



Peroneal artery - 



Lateral anterior malleolar artery 

 Perforating peroneal artery . 

 Posterior peroneal artery. 



Lateral plantar artery 



Superior medial articular 



Tibial collateral ligament 

 Inferior medial articular 

 Posterior tibial artery 



Anterior medial malleolar artery 



Lateral tarsal artery 

 Dorsalis pedis artery 

 Arcuate artery 



through the fascia covering the fossa ovalis (saphenous opening) and cross the 

 spermatic cord in the male, or round hgament in the female, to reach and supply 

 the integument above the pubes. One branch descends along the penis lateral 



