femoral artery http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Gray546.png UBERON:0002060 MESH:D005263 arteria femoralis FMA:70248 EMAPA:35342 uberon BTO:0001624 NCIT:C12715 AAO:0010222 CALOHA:TS-0321 MA:0001951 OpenCyc:Mx4rwHMI05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA 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]. galen:FemoralArtery Artery which supplies blood via branches to the hindlimbs.[AAO] UMLS:C0015801 GAID:494 systemic artery