| Artery: Descending branch of lateral circumflex femoral artery | |
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| The profunda femoris artery, femoral artery and their major branches - right thigh, anterior view. Circumflex femoral arteries labeled. | |
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| Circumpatellar anastomosis. (Descending branch of lateral femoral circumflex visible at upper left. ) | |
| Latin | ramus descendens arteriae circumflexae femoris lateralis |
| Gray's | subject #157 630 |
| Source | lateral circumflex femoral artery |
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The descending branch of lateral circumflex femoral artery runs downward, behind the rectus femoris, upon the vastus lateralis, to which it gives offsets; one long branch descends in the muscle as far as the knee, and anastomoses with the superior lateral genicular artery. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. The lateral circumflex femoral artery ( lateral femoral circumflex artery, external circumflex artery) is an Artery in the upper thigh Elsevier, the world's largest Publisher of Medical and Scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group The Rectus femoris muscle is one of the four Quadriceps muscles of the Human body. The Vastus lateralis (Vastus externus is the largest part of the Quadriceps femoris. The lateral superior genicular is an artery of the Leg. Course It passes above the lateral condyle of the femur beneath the tendon of the Biceps femoris It is accompanied by the branch of the femoral nerve to the vastus lateralis muscle. The femoral nerve, the largest branch of the Lumbar plexus, arises from the dorsal divisions of the second third and fourth Lumbar nerves. The Vastus lateralis (Vastus externus is the largest part of the Quadriceps femoris.
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