Ascending branch of medial circumflex femoral artery

Ascending branch of medial circumflex femoral artery

Infobox Artery
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Latin = ramus ascendens arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis
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Caption = The profunda femoris artery, femoral artery and their major branches - right thigh, anterior view. Circumflex femoral arteries labeled.


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The ascending branch is distributed to the adductor muscles of the thigh, the gracilis muscle, and obturator externus muscle, and anastomoses with the obturator artery.


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