Descending branch of lateral circumflex femoral artery

Descending branch of lateral circumflex femoral artery
The profunda femoris artery, femoral artery and their major branches - right thigh, anterior view. Circumflex femoral arteries labeled.
Circumpatellar anastomosis. (Descending branch of lateral femoral circumflex visible at upper left.)
Details
Source	lateral circumflex femoral artery
Identifiers
Latin	ramus descendens arteriae circumflexae femoris lateralis
Dorlands /Elsevier	r_02/12689837
TA	A12.2.16.029
FMA	20805
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The descending branch of lateral circumflex femoral artery runs downward, behind the rectus femoris, upon the vastus lateralis, to which it gives offsets; one long branch descends in the muscle as far as the knee, and anastomoses with the superior lateral genicular artery. It is accompanied by the branch of the femoral nerve to the vastus lateralis muscle.

References

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