inguinal (beginning of the thigh) and ends where the popliteal artery begins, almost at the knee.
In its path along the thigh, it gives rise to numerous branches, including: the superficial circumflex iliac artery, the superficial epigastric artery, the superficial external pudendal artery, the deep external pudendal artery, the deep artery of the femur and the "geniculate descending artery.
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In its path along the thigh, it gives rise to numerous branches, including: the superficial circumflex iliac artery, the superficial epigastric artery, the superficial external pudendal artery, the deep external pudendal artery, the deep artery of the femur and the "geniculate descending artery.
Anatomy books describe the "femoral artery as" the main arterial vessel of the lower limbs of the human body ".