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Femoral Vein

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Abstract

The femoral vein may be doubled in part of, or throughout its length. It may split into two and encircle the femoral artery. It occasionally passes through the adductor magnus above the femoral artery and runs independently from the artery until it joins the profunda vein to form the common femoral vein. The femoral may run with the sciatic nerve and pierce the the adductor magnus at the level of the lesser trochanter. When this occurs, the femoral artery is usually small, and the inferior gluteal (sciatic) artery is the primary (developmental) vessel of the thigh.

The femoral vein may be doubled in part of, or throughout its length.

It may split into two and encircle the femoral artery.

It occasionally passes through the adductor magnus above the femoral artery and runs independently from the artery until it joins the profunda vein to form the common femoral vein.

The femoral may run with the sciatic nerve and pierce the the adductor magnus at the level of the lesser trochanter. When this occurs, the femoral artery is usually small, and the inferior gluteal (sciatic) artery is the primary (developmental) vessel of the thigh.

A plexus forming a femoral vein has been reported.

The obturator may communicate with the femoral vein.

Image of deep femoral passing through saphenous vein

Lateral Femoral Circumflex and Medial Femoral Circumflex

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Image of femoral artery and its branches

Lateral Femoral Circumflex and Medial Femoral Circumflex

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Image of venous drainage at fossa ovalis

Lateral Femoral Circumflex and Medial Femoral Circumflex

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Image of medial and lateral femoral circumflex veins

Superficial

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Image of venous drainage at the fossa ovalis

Superficial

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Image of circumflex veins of the thigh

Superficial

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Anatomical classification

Systems:
Cardiovascular system

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Adaptation of «Femoral Vein — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/Cardiovascular/Text/Veins/Femoral.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Adaptation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Testo originale inglese riprodotto integralmente e riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti), senza modificarne le affermazioni. La traduzione italiana non è ancora stata eseguita, e la pagina lo dichiara. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.

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