medial circumflex femoral artery
The medial circumflex femoral artery (internal circumflex artery, medial femoral circumflex artery) is an artery in the upper thigh that helps supply blood to the neck of the femur. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medial_circumflex_femoral_artery ]
Synonyms: medial femoral circumflex artery
Term info
- Wikipedia:Medial_circumflex_femoral_artery
- MA:0001996
- SCTID:244326008
- FMA:20799
- EMAPA:37670 (MA:th)
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Circumflex_femoral_arteries.png
arteria circumflexa femoris medialis
uberon
UBERON:0001356
Medial circumflex femoral artery
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- systemic artery
- part of some deep femoral artery
- branching part of some deep femoral artery
- supplies some neck of femur