Lower Extremity Arteries

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Schematic drawing demonstrating the femoral artery and main branches. Note the perforating arteries, branches of the arteria profunda femoris.		Click image to enlarge
Left: Angiography of the right femoral artery and main branches. Right: Late phase of the femoral arteriography showing the companion veins of the femoral artery and branches.	Click image to enlarge	Click image to enlarge
Schematic drawing of the popliteal artery and knee branches, including the genicular anastomotic network.		Click image to enlarge
Left: Anterior view of an angiogram of the popliteal artery and branches. Right: Lateral view of the popliteal artery, showing the main branches. Note that the circumflex fibular artery supplies a hypervascular lesion in the popliteal fossa.	Click image to enlarge	Click image to enlarge
Lateral view of a schematic drawing showing the arterial circulation of the right foot.		Click image to enlarge
Left: Early phase of a lateral view of an angiogram of the foot. Right: Late phase of the foot angiogram showing the venous drainage of the foot.	Click image to enlarge	Click image to enlarge

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The above images and legends have been borrowed with permission. Renan Uflacker. Atlas of Vascular Anatomy an Angiographic Approach: Second Edition. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins © 2007