Arterial supply of the proximal femur (posterior view). The capital femoral epiphysis and physis are supplied by the medial circumflex artery through two retinacular systems: the posterosuperior and posteroinferior. The lateral circumflex artery supplies the greater trochanter and the lateral portion of the proximal femoral physis and a small area of the anteromedial metaphysis.
Reproduced with permission from: McCarthy J, Noonan K. Fractures and traumatic dislocations of the hip in children. In: Rockwood and Wilkins' Fractures in Children, 7th ed, Beaty JH, Kasser JR (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2010. Copyright © 2010 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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