: the chief artery of the thigh lying in its anterior inner part
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebIn addition to her femoral artery, the bison's horn also caused damage to both her tibial and peroneal nerves which has left her paralyzed from the knee down in one of her legs. Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2022 Mattingly in the leg, requiring surgery to repair his femoral artery. Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2022 Lindsey’s femoral artery was severed by a bullet and his life was saved by the officers who applied tourniquets, authorities said.BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022 Lindsey's femoral artery was severed by a bullet and his life was saved by the officers who applied tourniquets, authorities said.Fox News, 12 July 2022 Pettaway, a 51-year-old Black man, bled to death after a police dog bit his thigh and tore his femoral artery inside a mostly empty house in Montgomery in 2018. Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 19 May 2022 The dog bit Pettaway in the thigh and tore his femoral artery. Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 18 May 2022 The bite had come within a few inches of Wilson’s femoral artery—the main supply of blood to the leg, which, if punctured, can lead to death within minutes—but had not severed it.Outside Online, 10 May 2021 The recommendation was to have a PFO Closure, which involves going in through the femoral artery in the groin and traveling up into the heart and inserting a button that closes the hole in your heart. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 Apr. 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
circa 1771, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
femoral artery
noun
: the chief artery of the thigh that is a continuation of the external iliac artery lying in the anterior part of the thigh and is undivided until a point about two inches (5 centimeters) below the inguinal ligament where it divides into a large deep branch and a smaller superficial branch see deep femoral artery