descending branch of medial circumflex femoral artery

descending branch of medial circumflex femoral artery

[TA] large artery passing deep to the rectus femoris muscle, accompanying the muscular branch of the femoral nerve to the vastus lateralis; terminates by anastomosing with the superior lateral genicular artery. Synonym(s): ramus descendens arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis [TA]