To find out the place of height of origin of profunda femoris artery from the arteria femoralis with regards to the inguinal ligament. Materials and methods: Routine dissection of 4 formalin fixed cadavers (2 males and 2 females) on both lower limbs (totally 8 lower limbs) allotted for the 2nd year students of Khost Shiekhzayed medical university Afghanistan. Descriptive cross-sectional study. October 2019 to March 2020. Khost Shiekhzayed University Afghanistan. Among them an unusual origin of profunda femoris artery was observed on the left lower limb of 72 years old female cadaver (9.42%). The profunda femoris artery arose laterally about 0.6 cm from the arteria femoralis distal to the inguinal ligament. It arose normally on the proper lower limb (3.00 cms -4.0cms from the i nguinal ligament). A variance tall of origin of profunda femoris artery and its branches will cause changing in the calibers strongly influencing vascularisation quality of belonging flaps. In occlusion of the superficial arteria femoralis, the profunda femoris artery forms an efficient collateral bed between iliofemoral segment and the arteria poplitea and its branches. Percutaneous arteria femoralis cannulation can cause pseudo aneurysms. When this happens the puncture site is usually within the profunda femoris artery, where anatomic relationships make hemostasis difficult to realize. These complications landed up within the study of relations of these arterial complications within the palpable landmarks.
Keywords:Arteria femoralis, High origin, Inguinal ligament, Profunda femoris artery