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]
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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] .
Synonym(s): vena femoralis [TA] .
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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