Femoral vein

Femoral vein
Femoral vein shown in the femoral triangle
Images with and without the sartorius muscle, showing the femoral vein and artery beneath
Details
Source	Popliteal, profunda femoris, great saphenous
Drains to	External iliac vein
Artery	Femoral artery
Identifiers
Latin	vena femoralis
MeSH	D005268
TA98	A12.3.11.023
TA2	5055
FMA	21185
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

In the human body, the femoral vein is the vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the femoral sheath. It is a deep vein that begins at the adductor hiatus (an opening in the adductor magnus muscle) as the continuation of the popliteal vein. The great saphenous vein (a superficial vein), and the deep femoral vein drain into the femoral vein in the femoral triangle when it becomes known as the common femoral vein. It ends at the inferior margin of the inguinal ligament where it becomes the external iliac vein.^[1] Its major tributaries are the deep femoral vein, and the great saphenous vein. The femoral vein contains valves.