Peripheral Distribution of the Medial Circumflex Femoral Artery

• KASAI Tatsuo

  Department of Anatomy, Hirosaki University Medical School

• SUZUKI Takao

  Department of Anatomy, Hirosaki University Medical School

• FUKUSHI Tomoaki

  Department of Anatomy, Hirosaki University Medical School

• KODAMA Masashi

  Department of Anatomy, Hirosaki University Medical School

• CHIBA Shoji

  Department of Anatomy, Hirosaki University Medical School

抄録

The peripheral distribution of the medial circumflex femoral artery was examined in 38 lower extremities from 23 Japanese adults. The superficial branch (BNA, INA) passed superficial to the pectineus medially deep to the femoral vein. It has been confused with the external pudendal artery which typically passed superficial to the vein. After extending between the pectineus and the iliopsoas deeply, the stem artery divided into four branches.1) The acetabular branch was found in 14 cases (37%). The obturator artery was also involved in the arterial supply to the acetabulum in all the cases examined, and the inferior gluteal artery participated in it in 18 cases (47%) after connecting with the obturator artery.2) The muscular branch to the anterior surface of the adductor magnus.3) The terminal branch was divided into two and appeared in the posterior aspect of the thigh. The ascending branch was found in 37 cases and emerged from the upper lateral margin of the quadratus femoris to be distributed to the fossa trochanterica. The other vessel was the transverse branch of the PNA and was found in 33 cases. This branch emerged from the lower medial margin of the quadratus femoris to be distributed to the proximal part of the hamstring muscles. The latter vessel passed downwards rather than transversally, so that the term transverse is not appropriate. Anastomoses between the medial and lateral circumflex femoral arteries could not be confirmed macroscopically. Angiographic demonstrations of the arterial network in the proximal end of the femur have been presented in the clinical context.

収録刊行物

• Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

  Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica 62 (2), 89-97, 1985

  Editorial Board of Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

キーワード

• Medial circumflex femoral artery
• Acetabulum
• Cruciate anastomosis

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390001205461696384
• NII論文ID: 130004650215
• DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.62.2_89
• COI: 1:STN:280:DyaL28%2FktFahsA%3D%3D
• ISSN: 0030154X
• 本文言語コード: en
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