part of part of connecting branch of system external iliac artery artery femoral artery UBERON:0002060 MESH:D005263 NCIT:C12715 AAO:0010222 CALOHA:TS-0321 MA:0001951 The femoral artery is a large artery in the muscles of the thigh. It is a continuation of external iliac artery where it enters the femoral triangle at the mid inguinal point behind the inguinal ligament. It leaves femoral triangle through apex beneath the sartorius muscle. It enters the popliteal fossa by passing through the 5th osseo-aponeurotic(adductor hiatus) opening of adductor magnus where it becomes the Popliteal Artery. [WP,unvetted]. Wikipedia:Femoral_artery FMA:70248 EMAPA:35342 galen:FemoralArtery BTO:0001624 SCTID:244332003 GAID:494