Lateral Circumflex Femoral Artery
Anatomy Terms
- Anterior Tibial Artery
- Anterior Tibial Vein
- Arcuate Artery
- Deep Femoral Artery (Profunda Femoris)
- Deep Femoral Vein (Profunda Femoris)
- Dorsal Digital Arteries of Foot
- Dorsal Digital Veins of Foot
- Dorsal Metatarsal Arteries
- Dorsal Metatarsal Veins
- Dorsal Venous Arch of Foot
- Dorsal Venous Network of Hand
- External Iliac Artery
- External Iliac Vein
- Femoral Artery
- Femoral Vein
- Fibular (Peroneal) Artery
- Great Saphenous Vein
- Intermediate Antebrachial Vein
- Internal Iliac Artery
- Internal Iliac Vein
- Intestinal Veins
- Lateral Circumflex Femoral Artery
- Lateral Circumflex Femoral Vein
- Lateral Inferior Genicular Artery
- Lateral Superior Genicular Artery
- Medial Inferior Genicular Artery
- Medial Superior Genicular Artery
- Palmar Digital Arteries
- Popliteal Artery
- Popliteal Vein
- Posterior Tibial Artery
- Posterior Tibial Vein
- Radial Artery
- Small Saphenous Vein
- Superficial Palmar Arterial Arch
- Ulnar Artery
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Full Lateral Circumflex Femoral Artery Description
[Continued from above] . . . branch passes over to the side of the hip, and joins a network with the end branches of the superior gluteal and deep iliac circumflex arteries. The descending branch courses downward behind the rectus femoris, and one long branch descends as far as the knee, where it joins an aspect of the popliteal artery. A branch of the femoral nerves accompanies it. The transverse branch is the smallest branch, but it is often absent. It winds around the femur and connects a network of vessels and nerves on the back of the thigh. The corresponding veins parallel the paths of the arteries of the same name.