femoral vein


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fem·o·ral vein

[TA]
a continuation of the popliteal vein, it accompanies the femoral artery through the adductor canal and into the femoral triangle where it lies within the femoral sheath; it becomes the external iliac vein as it passes deep to the inguinal ligament.
Synonym(s): vena femoralis [TA]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

fem·o·ral vein

(fem'ŏr-ăl vān) [TA]
A continuation of the popliteal vein; it accompanies the femoral artery through the adductor canal and into the femoral triangle where it lies within the femoral sheath; it becomes the external iliac vein as it passes deep to inguinal ligament.
Synonym(s): vena femoralis [TA] .
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

femoral vein

The large vein draining the whole of the leg that lies alongside the FEMORAL ARTERY.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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