Breaking Down the Branches of the Femoral Artery

1. Perforating Arteries

Rising from the profunda femoris to pierce the adductor muscles are three perforating arteries. The first runs from the flat muscle in the inner thigh, the pectineus, to the adductor longus, the thigh's skeletal muscle. The second runs along the upper part of the adductor brevis muscle, while the final perforating artery travels beneath the adductor brevis and through the adductor magnus, which looks like a large triangle. These three arteries provide blood to the middle and back thigh muscles.