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FEMORAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or near the femur or thigh
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
femur (the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee)
thigh (the part of the leg between the hip and the knee)
Derivation:
femur (the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee)
Context examples:
A circumflex femoral vein that accompanies the medial circumflex femoral artery.
(Medial Circumflex Femoral Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinical signs include impotence, intermittent claudication, diminished femoral pulses and cold, pallid lower extremities.
(Leriche Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
A finding of traumatic injury to the hip in which the continuity of either the femoral head, femoral neck, intertrochanteric or subtrochanteric regions is broken.
(Hip Fracture, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
It is characterized by avascular necrosis of the femoral head.
(Perthes Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
The highest portion of the femoral bone that articulates with the acetabulum.
(Head of the Femur, NCI Thesaurus)
Traumatic or pathological injury to the hip in which the continuity of either the femoral head, femoral neck, intertrochanteric or subtrochanteric regions is broken.
(Hip Fracture, NCI Thesaurus)
The vein accompanying the femoral artery in the same sheath; it is a continuation of the popliteal vein and becomes the external iliac vein.
(Femoral Vein, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The external iliac artery becomes the femoral artery and is the main blood supply for the leg.
(External Iliac Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
A congenital or traumatic abnormality in which the femoral head slips out of the acetabulum.
(Hip Dislocation, NCI Thesaurus)
A vein in the lower torso accompanying the external iliac artery that connects the femoral vein with the common iliac vein.
(External Iliac Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
