NEET PG Medical – 2015 – Question – 26
Arterial branches which supply the head and neck of the femur is/are:
a) Medial circumflex artery
b) Lateral circumflex artery
c) Profunda femoris artery
d) All
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Correct Answer – D
A. i.e. Medial circumflex artery; B. i.e. Lateral circumflex artery; C. i.e. Profunda femoris artery
Proximal femur (head & neck) is supplied by artery of ligamentum teres (branch of obturator artery), medial (main) & lateral circumflex femoral artery (both arise from profunda femoris artery, give rise to ascending cervical (+ metaphyseal) and retinacular (+ epiphyseal:lateral & inferior) arteries and form extracapsular & intracapsular subsynovial arterial rings.
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