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Deep femoral vein: anatomy, location and function

The deep femoral vein is the vein that accompanies the deep femoral artery in the thigh. It drains the thigh muscles.

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Highlighted in the model: Deep femoral vein. Click any part to read about it, or switch off “Highlight topic” to see the whole body. 3D data: BodyParts3D, © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0; meshes simplified and recoloured. The model is an adult male.

Deep femoral vein at a glance

What it is
The deep femoral vein is the vein that accompanies the deep femoral artery in the thigh.
Location
It runs in the posterior and medial thigh, receives perforating and circumflex femoral veins and joins the femoral vein in the femoral triangle.
Function
It drains the thigh muscles.
Body system
Cardiovascular · paired (left and right)
FMA ID
FMA51043 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)

Key facts

  • It lies in front of the deep femoral artery, the reverse of the arrangement for the femoral vessels higher up.

Structures next to the deep femoral vein

The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:

References

  1. Foundational Model of Anatomy: Deep femoral vein (FMA51043). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
  2. OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §20.1 Structure and Function of Blood Vessels. Rice University, 2022.
  3. Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.

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