Deep branch of medial circumflex femoral artery

Deep branch of medial circumflex femoral artery
The profunda femoris artery, femoral artery and their major branches - right thigh, anterior view. Circumflex femoral arteries labeled.
Details
Source	medial circumflex femoral artery
Identifiers
Latin	ramus profundus arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis
TA	A12.2.16.023
FMA	22417
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The deep branch runs obliquely upward upon the tendon of the obturator externus and in front of the quadratus femoris toward the trochanteric fossa, where it anastomoses with twigs from the superior gluteal artery and inferior gluteal artery.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

In femoral canal	superficial epigastric superficial circumflex iliac superficial external pudendal deep external pudendal (anterior scrotal ♂

Descending genicular	saphenous branch articular branches

Profunda femoris	medial circumflex femoral ascending descending superficial deep acetabular lateral circumflex femoral descending transverse ascending perforating Cruciate anastomosis Trochanteric anastomosis

Genicular	superior genicular (medial, lateral) middle genicular inferior genicular (medial, lateral)

Sural	no major branches

Anterior tibial	tibial recurrent posterior anterior) anterior malleolar medial lateral dorsalis pedis: tarsal (medial, lateral)

Tibial-fibular (Tibial-peroneal) trunk	Posterior tibial circumflex fibular medial plantar lateral plantar fibular (peroneal)

Arches	arcuate dorsal metatarsal first dorsal metatarsal deep plantar dorsal digital arteries plantar arch plantar metatarsal common plantar digital proper plantar digital

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