Ascending branch of medial circumflex femoral artery

The ascending branch of medial circumflex femoral artery is a small artery in the thigh. It branches of the medial circumflex femoral artery and is distributed to the adductor muscles of the hip. It anastomoses with the obturator artery.

Ascending branch of medial circumflex femoral artery
The profunda femoris artery, femoral artery and their major branches - right thigh, front view (circumflex femoral arteries labeled)
Details
SourceMedial circumflex femoral artery
Identifiers
Latinramus ascendens arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis
TA98A12.2.16.025
TA24690
FMA20811
Anatomical terminology

It also serves as an important blood supply to the head of the femur.

References

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  This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 630 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)