What is the name of the main artery that runs down the leg?!

Question: (the one used for bypass surgeries)

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Answers: (the one used for bypass surgeries)

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it's the femoral ....pluse can be felt. it's also one of the 2 way where the surgeon will use it to do angioplasty, cardiac catheterisation for balloning or place a stent for blocked coronary arteries

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Femoral Artery?

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Yeah, I think you describe the Femoral Artery.

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Femoral artery branches off from the aorta.

But it's the Saphenous vein that is used in bypass surgery, not the artery. The mammary artery is used if there is a single bypass.

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