Comprehension: Femoral Artery- Arteriogram
A femoral arteriogram in a child is shown. Contrast material was injected in the lower abdominal aorta through a catheter introduced in the left femoral artery. The femoral artery with its division into a deep branch and its continuing branch is shown. Note the course of the medial femoral circumflex artery as it curves around the insertion of the iliopsoas muscle. The medial circumflex artery supplies the majority of blood to the femoral head and neck, while the lateral femoral circumflex provides some blood to the femoral head via an ascending branch and blood to muscles on the lateral side of the thigh via a descending branch.
