. Anatomy, descriptive and applied. Anatomy. THE FEMORAL ARTERY G83 THE FEMORAL ARTERY (A. FEMORALIS) (Figs. 4S1 and 4S-2). The femoral artery commences immediately behind Poupart's ligament, midway between the anterior superior spine of the ilium and the symphysis pubis, and, passing down the fore part and inner side of the thigh, terminates at the opening in the Adductor raagnus, at the junction of the middle with the lower third of the thigh, where it becomes the popliteal artery. The vessel, at the upper part of the thigh, lies in front of the hip-joint, on a line with the innermost part o
. Anatomy, descriptive and applied. Anatomy. THE FEMORAL ARTERY G83 THE FEMORAL ARTERY (A. FEMORALIS) (Figs. 4S1 and 4S-2). The femoral artery commences immediately behind Poupart's ligament, midway between the anterior superior spine of the ilium and the symphysis pubis, and, passing down the fore part and inner side of the thigh, terminates at the opening in the Adductor raagnus, at the junction of the middle with the lower third of the thigh, where it becomes the popliteal artery. The vessel, at the upper part of the thigh, lies in front of the hip-joint, on a line with the innermost part of the head of the femur; in the lower part of its course it is in close relation with the inner side of the shaft of the bone, and between these two parts the vessel is some distance from the bone. The first inch and a half of the vessel is enclosed, together with the femoral vein, in a fibrous sheath—the femoral sheath. In the upper third of the thigh it is contained in a triangular space called Scarpa's triangle, and in this space it gives off its largest branch, the deep femoral. In the middle third of the thigh it is contained in an aponeurotic canal called Hunter's canal. That portion of the femoral artery which extends from Poupart's ligament to the origin of the deep femoral is sometimes called the common femoral; its continua- tion is the superficial Fig. 480.—The relation of the femoral and internal abdominal rings, seen from within the abdomen. Right side. The femoral or crural sheath (Fig. 479) is a continuation downward of the fasciffi that line the abdomen, the transversalis fascia passing down in front of the femoral vessels, and the iliac fascia descending behind them; these fascia^ are directly continuous on the iliac side of the femoral artery, but a small space exists between the femoral vein and the point where they are continuous on the pubic side of that vessel, which constitutes the femoral or crural canal (Fig. 479). The femoral sheath is cl
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