FEMORAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does femoral artery mean? 

• FEMORAL ARTERY (noun)
  The noun FEMORAL ARTERY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FEMORAL ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEMORAL ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The chief artery of the thigh; a continuation of the external iliac artery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria femoralis; femoral artery

Hypernyms ("femoral artery" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Holonyms ("femoral artery" is a part of...):

thigh (the part of the leg between the hip and the knee)

 Context examples 

Any artery arising from the femoral artery.

(Femoral Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

The vein accompanying the femoral artery in the same sheath; it is a continuation of the popliteal vein and becomes the external iliac vein.

(Femoral Vein, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A circumflex femoral vein that accompanies the medial circumflex femoral artery.

(Medial Circumflex Femoral Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

Pulse wave velocity (PWV) was also measured for differences in the speed that blood traveled between their carotid artery in the neck and femoral artery in the groin.

(Too Much Salt? Unhealthy Blood Vessels Changes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The external iliac artery becomes the femoral artery and is the main blood supply for the leg.

(External Iliac Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Any artery arising from the deep femoral artery.

(Deep Femoral Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

The proximal portion of the femoral artery.

(Common Femoral Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the common femoral artery just below the inguinal ligament running close to the femur and ending in the lower third of the thigh with branches supplying the thigh muscles.

(Deep Femoral Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the external iliac artery at the inguinal ligament which bifurcates forming the deep and superficial femoral arteries.

(Common Femoral Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually occurs in males and is characterized by fatigue in the hips, thighs, or calves on exercising, absence of pulsation in the femoral arteries, impotence, and often pallor and coldness of the lower limbs.

(Leriche Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)