Tags: Anatomical Structure, Artery.
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.
