Deep branch of medial circumflex femoral artery

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
TA98	A12.2.16.023
TA2	4688
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.

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 630 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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