What is Femoral artery?
[[File:Gray1245.png|thumb|Picture showing the location of the femoral artery]] The '''femoral artery''' is the large [[artery]] that takes [[oxygen]] rich [[blood]] to a human's legs. Coming from the [[heart]] the blood flows along the iliac artery which then divides into the two (bifurcates) femoral arteries, to supply blood to each leg.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/femoral_artery |title=Femoral Artery |first= |last= |work=Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics |year=2011 |accessdate=27 December 2011}}</ref> The artery is very close to the surface where it passes through the [[groin]]. <gallery mode=packed heights=180> File:Common femoral and subsartorial artery and vein.jpg|Parts of the femoral artery.<ref name=Amarnath2023>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_3i_EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1072|title=Comprehensive Textbook of Clinical Radiology - Volume III: Chest and Cardiovascular system|author=Amarnath C and Hemant Patel|year=2023|isbn=9788131263617|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=_3i_EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1072 Page 1072]</ref> </gallery> ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Blood vessels]]