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The deep femoral artery is a large and important branch that arises from the lateral side of the femoral artery about 1.5 in. (4 cm) below the inguinal ligament. It passes medially behind the femoral vessels and enters the medial fascial compartment of the thigh .
The superficial inguinal ring (subcutaneous inguinal ring or external inguinal ring) is an anatomical structure in the anterior wall of the mammalian abdomen. It is a triangular opening that forms the exit of the inguinal canal, which houses the ilioinguinal nerve , the genital branch of the genitofemoral nerve , and the spermatic cord (in men ...
The common femoral vein is the segment of the femoral vein between the branching point of the deep femoral vein and the inferior margin of the inguinal ligament. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It is not listed in Terminologia Anatomica , which is the international standard for human anatomical terminology developed by the Federative International Programme on ...
It passes down along the brim of the pelvis and gives off two large branches - the "inferior epigastric artery" and a "deep circumflex artery." These vessels supply blood to the muscles and skin in the lower abdominal wall. The external iliac artery passes beneath the inguinal ligament in the lower part of the abdomen and becomes the femoral ...
Gray1146: Femoral vessels as they pass under the inguinal ligament. The femoral vessels are those blood vessels passing through the femoral ring into the femoral canal [1] thereby passing down the length of the thigh until behind the knee. These large vessel are the: Femoral artery (also known in this location as the common femoral artery) and ...
The femoral sheath is funnel-shaped fascial structure, [1] with the wide end directed superior-ward. [citation needed] The femoral sheath is formed by an inferior-ward prolongation - posterior to the inguinal ligament - of abdominal fascia, with transverse fascia being continued down anterior to the femoral vessels, and iliac fascia posterior to these.
The hernial sac emerges from the abdomen within the femoral sheath but lies posteriorly to the femoral vein and artery, visible only if the hip is congenitally dislocated. 'Serafini's hernia' The hernial sac emerges behind femoral vessels (E). 'Velpeau hernia' The hernial sac lies in front of the femoral blood vessels in the groin (B).
The femoral canal is the medial (and smallest) compartment of the three compartments of the femoral sheath. It is conical in shape. It is conical in shape. The femoral canal contains lymphatic vessels , and adipose and loose connective tissue , as well as - sometimes - a deep inguinal lymph node .