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 • Mar. 6, 2025

He ended up with a femoral artery insertion.

From Slate • May 23, 2023

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 • Mar. 1, 2023

But the calcium deposits were so thick, he quickly made an incision in the left femoral artery and began again.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2017

Murchison reported a case in which embolism of the left femoral artery occurred, and subsequently of the left middle cerebral artery, inducing death.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various