: the chief artery of the thigh lying in its anterior inner part
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One of the shots hit Anthony’s torso and her femoral artery, causing her death.—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2026 The team was able to put an Impella device in place through Malinovsky’s femoral artery.—Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2026 Sidney, who suffered a wound to his femoral artery, died soon afterward.—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026 The procedure uses a thin, flexible catheter introduced through a small incision in the femoral artery near the groin.—Memorialcare, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for femoral artery
: the chief artery of the thigh that is a continuation of the external iliac artery lying in the anterior part of the thigh and is undivided until a point about two inches (5 centimeters) below the inguinal ligament where it divides into a large deep branch and a smaller superficial branch see deep femoral artery