page_title: Perforating arteries
hierarchical_section_title: Perforating arteries
context_page_description: The perforating arteries, usually three in number, are so named because they perforate the tendon of the Adductor magnus to reach the back of the thigh.
  They pass backward close to the linea aspera of the femur under cover of small tendinous arches in the muscle.
  The first is given off above the Adductor brevis, the second in front of that muscle, and the third immediately below it.
context_section_description: The perforating arteries, usually three in number, are so named because they perforate the tendon of the Adductor magnus to reach the back of the thigh.
  They pass backward close to the linea aspera of the femur under cover of small tendinous arches in the muscle.
  The first is given off above the Adductor brevis, the second in front of that muscle, and the third immediately below it.
caption: The profunda femoris artery,  femoral artery and their major branches - right thigh, anterior view. (Perforating arteries labeled at right center.)
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