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medial circumflex femoral artery

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001356

The medial circumflex femoral artery (internal circumflex artery, medial femoral circumflex artery) is an artery in the upper thigh that helps supply blood to the neck of the femur. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medial_circumflex_femoral_artery ]

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medial circumflex femoral artery

Synonyms

medial femoral circumflex artery

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Subsets

uberon_slim

latin term

arteria circumflexa femoris medialis [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medial_circumflex_femoral_artery ]

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Circumflex_femoral_arteries.png

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uberon

has related synonym

arteria circumflexa femoris medialis

UBERON:0001356

Term relations

Equivalent to:

artery and supplies some neck of femur

Subclass of:

systemic artery
material entity
part of some deep femoral artery
branching part of some deep femoral artery
supplies some neck of femur