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The ascending branch

  1. Lateral artery which bends around a femur [ramus ascendens – PNA (The anatomic nomenclature Parisian), BNA (The anatomic nomenclature Basel), JNA (The anatomic nomenclature Yenskaya)];
  2. Medial artery which bends around a femur [ramus ascendens – PNA (The anatomic nomenclature Parisian)].
 
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