femoral vein

A continuation of the popliteal vein. It accompanies the femoral artery through the adductor canal into the femoral triangle where it lies within the femoral sheath. It becomes the external iliac vein as it ascends deep to the inguinal ligament.

Related

adductor canal; subsartorial canal; Hunter's canal external iliac vein inguinal ligament

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999