femoral artery

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. the main artery of the thigh, supplying blood to the leg.

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Etymology

Origin of femoral artery

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

It involves threading a catheter through the thigh’s femoral artery, behind the heart through the carotid artery and into the skull.

From Los Angeles Times

The femoral artery is a large blood vessel in the thigh that delivers blood to lower limbs.

From Seattle Times

In the hospital’s angiography suite, a neuroradiologist, guided by X-ray imaging, pierced Walterson’s femoral artery at the top of his inner thigh and threaded a microcatheter through his body, northbound to the brain.

From New York Times

Planners are eyeing a new Mississippi River bridge at Interstate 80, a 3,000-mile femoral artery linking metro New York with San Francisco.

From Seattle Times

One bullet hit his femoral artery, according to an autopsy, and he died at the scene.

From Washington Post