deep femoral artery
The profunda femoris artery (also known as the deep femoral artery, or the deep artery of the thigh) is a branch of the femoral artery that, as its name suggests, travels more deeply (posteriorly) than the rest of the femoral artery. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_femoral_artery ]
Synonyms: profunda femoris artery, arteria profunda femoris
Term info
- Wikipedia:Deep_femoral_artery
- SCTID:181348000
- NCIT:C32436
- UMLS:C0226455 (ncithesaurus:Deep_Femoral_Artery)
- EMAPA:37216 (MA:th)
- FMA:20741
- MA:0002027
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Gray548.png
uberon
UBERON:0001355
Deep femoral artery
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- systemic artery
- part of some deep vasculature
- branching part of some femoral artery
- part of some femoral artery