femoral vein in dogs

In the human body, the femoral vein is a blood vessel that accompanies the femoral artery in the femoral sheath. It begins at the adductor canal (also known as Hunter's canal) and is a continuation of the popliteal vein. It ends at the inferior margin of the inguinal ligament, where it becomes the external iliac vein. [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the femoral vein is

In the human body, the femoral vein is a blood vessel that accompanies the femoral artery in the femoral sheath. It begins at the adductor canal (also known as Hunter's canal) and is a continuation of the popliteal vein. It ends at the inferior margin of the inguinal ligament, where it becomes the external iliac vein. [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a vein at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the femoral vein is

It sits in the hindlimb, within the cardiovascular system. Only the region is known. The position shown is somewhere plausible inside it and nothing more.

What the femoral vein connects to

The atlas records 8 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of hindlimb.

Supply and innervation

Venous drainage: anterior tibial vein, great saphenous vein, popliteal vein and posterior tibial vein.

Also called

Also recorded as vena femoralis. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001361, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

Questions

Where is the femoral vein?

It sits in the hindlimb, within the cardiovascular system. Only the region is known. The position shown is somewhere plausible inside it and nothing more.

What does the femoral vein connect to?

Part of: hindlimb.

Is the femoral vein the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.