{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T09:02:31Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 19.1, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a094d9-464d-7e00-82a7-0352005d8d21\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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"vr.tr.deep-artery-of-the-thigh", "name": "deep artery of the thigh", "purpose": "Enable an agent to identify the deep artery of the thigh, record its individual anatomy and vascular state, and support evidence-based assessment of actions affecting its blood supply.", "definition": "The deep artery of the thigh, or profunda femoris artery, is a major branch of the femoral artery that supplies much of the thigh musculature through perforating branches and, commonly, the medial and lateral circumflex femoral arteries.", "scope_statement": "This model owns the anatomical identity, observed configuration, perfusion relationships and assessed condition of the deep artery of the thigh, also called the profunda femoris or deep femoral artery, under vr.tr.deep-artery-of-the-thigh in PHY / PHY.LIV; it distinguishes the anatomical kind from a particular person's left or right vessel.", "in_scope": [ "Vessel identity, laterality and continuity with the femoral arterial tree", "Origin, deep thigh 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the parent artery from an isolated circumflex or perforating branch.", "Do not make one fixed origin position or circumflex branching pattern a mandatory identity test: anatomical variation is documented in [an angiographic study](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9210243/).", "Treat deep femoral artery and profunda femoris as anatomical synonyms to reconcile with this registry entry, rather than automatically creating additional registered things." ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Laterality and anatomical instance", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "left | right | unspecified; linked person or specimen", "why_it_matters": "Prevents observations or planned actions from being attached to the opposite thigh or to the anatomical kind." }, { "name": "Origin and parent continuity", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "observed parent vessel, takeoff surface and anatomical landmark", "why_it_matters": "Anchors identification and records variations without treating them as mistaken 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enlargement across observations." }, { "name": "Patency", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "patent | narrowed | occluded | indeterminate; segment and observation time required", "why_it_matters": "Separates local vessel findings from assumptions about the entire artery." }, { "name": "Flow observation", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "cm/s where measured; sampling site, direction, waveform and acquisition conditions", "why_it_matters": "Provides physiological evidence without equating a visible lumen with effective perfusion." }, { "name": "Wall integrity", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "no abnormality detected | abnormality observed | indeterminate; descriptive evidence required", "why_it_matters": "Allows wall disruption, focal enlargement or other abnormalities to be recorded without prematurely assigning a diagnosis." }, { "name": "Collateral participation", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "demonstrated connections, flow direction and linked inflow or outflow abnormalities", "why_it_matters": "Records whether this vessel contributes to an alternative perfusion route in the individual." } ], "affordances": [ "Reconcile anatomical synonyms and attach observations to the correct side and vessel segment.", "Map the observed origin, deep course and branch connections while flagging unresolved anatomy.", "Compare serial lumen and flow observations acquired under compatible conditions.", "Identify missing evidence needed to assess profunda-dependent perfusion.", "Flag a proposed intervention's relationship to the profunda origin or branches for qualified clinical review." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Explain the course and branches of the deep artery of the thigh in general terms.", "Advise anyone with heavy bleeding from the thigh to call emergency services at once." ], "must_not": [ "Interpret a person's vascular scan as a diagnosis.", "Recommend surgery, stents or medicines for a specific person.", "Describe how to injure the artery or target it in violence.", "Disclose a person's medical records without consent." ], "requires_human": [ "Any vascular treatment decision." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Injuries to major leg arteries can kill within minutes; accurate first aid information saves lives.", "Information about vulnerable anatomy must not be framed to help cause harm." ], "affected_parties": [ "Trauma patients", "People with peripheral artery disease", "First responders" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "Nobody owns it; it is part of each person's body.", "master_systems": [] }, "visual_identification": [ "A large artery branching from the femoral artery high in the thigh and running deep beside the femur." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Injury can cause severe internal bleeding into the thigh.", "Narrowing from artery disease reduces blood flow to thigh muscles." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "The deep artery of the thigh supplies much of the thigh musculature and contributes to collateral circulation in the lower limb.", "It is assessed in vascular imaging, trauma evaluation and surgical planning involving the hip, thigh or femoral vessels." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "Terminologia Anatomica, maintained by the Federative International Programme for Anatomical Terminology of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists, provides standardized anatomical nomenclature for the deep artery of the thigh." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q707477: deep artery of the thigh", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707477", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Deep femoral artery", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_femoral_artery", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "profunda-identity", "name": "Profunda identity", "description": "Establish which anatomical kind and individual vessel an observation concerns.", "rationale": "The name can be confused with adjacent femoral vessels or with one of its branches.", "layers": [ { "id": "name-and-instance", "name": "Name and instance", "description": "Bind terminology to the registry entry and a specific thigh.", "findings": [ { "id": "synonym-and-side-resolution", "name": "Synonym and side resolution", "description": "Record the original anatomical label, its interpretation and the person or specimen and side to which it applies.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the source use deep artery of the thigh, profunda femoris or deep femoral artery for this structure?", "kind": "definition", "id": "synonym-and-side-resolution-q01" }, { "text": "Which person or specimen and which thigh does the observation identify?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "synonym-and-side-resolution-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "vascular-boundaries", "name": "Vascular boundaries", "description": "Resolve the artery against neighbouring vessels and its own branches.", "findings": [ { "id": "parent-versus-neighbour", "name": "Parent artery versus neighbouring structure", "description": "Require evidence of vascular continuity and course rather than identifying the profunda from position alone.", "questions": [ { "text": "What observed continuity distinguishes this vessel from the femoral continuation and the accompanying deep femoral vein?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "parent-versus-neighbour-q01" }, { "text": "Does the label identify the profunda trunk or only a circumflex or perforating branch?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "parent-versus-neighbour-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "origin-and-deep-course", "name": "Origin and deep course", "description": "Describe the artery's takeoff and route in the individual thigh.", "rationale": "Origin and course determine recognition and anatomical relationships relevant to access and exposure.", "layers": [ { "id": "profunda-takeoff", "name": "Profunda takeoff", "description": "Locate the origin using explicit parent-vessel and landmark evidence.", "findings": [ { "id": "observed-origin", "name": "Observed origin", "description": "Record the actual origin rather than imposing one position; variation in origin sites and distances is reported in [a cadaveric study](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24590524/).", "questions": [ { "text": "From which vessel and surface does the profunda arise in this thigh?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "observed-origin-q01" }, { "text": "What is the takeoff distance from the stated landmark, and how was it measured?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "observed-origin-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "deep-thigh-route", "name": "Deep thigh route", "description": "Trace the vessel beyond its origin through the observed deep thigh anatomy.", "findings": [ { "id": "segment-course-and-visibility", "name": "Segment course and visibility", "description": "Represent the demonstrated route and distinguish a segment outside the examination from a segment shown to be absent or interrupted.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which muscular, femoral and venous landmarks establish the course of each visible segment?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "segment-course-and-visibility-q01" }, { "text": "Where does direct visualization end, and what supports any inferred continuation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "segment-course-and-visibility-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "branches-and-perfusion-connections", "name": "Branches and perfusion connections", "description": "Map branches and connections relevant to the artery's contribution to thigh perfusion.", "rationale": "A trunk-only description cannot establish which territories or alternative flow routes depend on it.", "layers": [ { "id": "branch-parentage", "name": "Branch parentage", "description": "Resolve circumflex and perforating branches from observed connections.", "findings": [ { "id": "circumflex-and-perforating-map", "name": "Circumflex and perforating map", "description": "Record each demonstrated branch origin, including shared trunks and uncertain assignments, without requiring a fixed branch count.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where do the medial and lateral circumflex femoral arteries originate in this individual?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "circumflex-and-perforating-map-q01" }, { "text": "Which perforating branches are demonstrated, and how are their origins and courses distinguished?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "circumflex-and-perforating-map-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "territory-and-collaterals", "name": "Territory and collaterals", "description": "Separate expected supply relationships from individually demonstrated perfusion.", "findings": [ { "id": "demonstrated-perfusion-dependence", "name": "Demonstrated perfusion dependence", "description": "Record evidence connecting profunda flow to supplied tissues or collateral routes, including uncertainty about functional adequacy.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which tissue territories are demonstrated to receive flow through this artery rather than merely expected to do so?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "demonstrated-perfusion-dependence-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence identifies collateral connections and their flow direction when another arterial route is compromised?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "demonstrated-perfusion-dependence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "profunda-condition", "name": "Profunda condition", "description": "Describe structural and flow observations at identified artery segments.", "rationale": "Anatomical recognition alone does not establish whether the vessel remains intact or provides effective flow.", "layers": [ { "id": "lumen-and-wall", "name": "Lumen and wall", "description": "Localize visible narrowing, obstruction, enlargement or wall abnormalities.", "findings": [ { "id": "localized-structural-state", "name": "Localized structural state", "description": "Attach each structural observation to the origin, trunk or branch junction and preserve the distinction between observation and diagnosis.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which profunda segment is affected, and what are the measured lumen dimensions and lesion extent?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "localized-structural-state-q01" }, { "text": "What directly observed features support the reported wall abnormality or luminal obstruction?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "localized-structural-state-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "flow-and-change", "name": "Flow and change", "description": "Interpret flow observations with their acquisition conditions and comparison limits.", "findings": [ { "id": "segment-flow-evidence", "name": "Segment flow evidence", "description": "Record where and how flow was assessed, distinguishing undetected flow from established occlusion.", "questions": [ { "text": "What flow direction, velocities and waveform were recorded at the specified profunda sampling site?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "segment-flow-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Could acquisition limitations explain absent or uncertain flow detection?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "segment-flow-evidence-q02" }, { "text": "Are earlier observations sufficiently comparable to establish a change in this segment?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "segment-flow-evidence-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "assessment-and-procedure-context", "name": "Assessment and procedure context", "description": "Connect anatomical evidence to review of actions that could affect the profunda.", "rationale": "Decisions require both reliable vessel identification and an explicit account of affected branches and perfusion routes.", "layers": [ { "id": "evidence-sufficiency", "name": "Evidence sufficiency", "description": "Determine whether available observations resolve the anatomy needed for the proposed decision.", "findings": [ { "id": "profunda-coverage-and-confidence", "name": "Profunda coverage and confidence", "description": "Record examination coverage, source interpretation and discrepancies at the origin, trunk and relevant branches.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which examination or operative record demonstrates the profunda origin and the branches relevant to this decision?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "profunda-coverage-and-confidence-q01" }, { "text": "Which unresolved segment or contradictory interpretation requires further assessment?", "kind": "action", "id": "profunda-coverage-and-confidence-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "procedure-relationships", "name": "Procedure relationships", "description": "Identify where a proposed or completed intervention intersects the observed vessel anatomy.", "findings": [ { "id": "origin-and-branch-preservation", "name": "Origin and branch preservation", "description": "Record proximity to the profunda origin, involved branches and demonstrated perfusion dependencies for clinician review.", "questions": [ { "text": "Does the proposed access, fixation, reconstruction or device position intersect the profunda trunk or a demonstrated branch?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "origin-and-branch-preservation-q01" }, { "text": "Which documented perfusion routes could be affected, and what review is needed before acting?", "kind": "action", "id": "origin-and-branch-preservation-q02" }, { "text": "What post-procedure evidence establishes the resulting profunda patency and branch continuity?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "origin-and-branch-preservation-q03" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "This describes a human anatomical structure, not an organism or taxon.", "The origin, branching pattern and circumflex artery origins vary between individuals; the definition describes the common arrangement.", "No sources were consulted; exact ontology identifiers, anatomical dimensions and frequencies of variants require verification." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of deep artery of the thigh this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-identifiers", "name": "Identifiers and schemes", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "scheme": "Terminologia Anatomica", "value_or_pattern": "Arteria profunda femoris", "note": "Latin anatomical name; also called the deep femoral artery or profunda femoris artery." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-identifiers-q01", "text": "Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of deep artery of the thigh this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Terminologia Anatomica, maintained by the Federative International Programme for Anatomical Terminology under the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists, standardizes its anatomical naming." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of deep artery of the thigh this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Anatomical landmark in vascular surgery and imaging of the femoral arterial system.", "Provides collateral circulation that can help maintain limb perfusion when the femoral artery beyond its origin is obstructed.", "Its perforating branches provide vascular pedicles for reconstructive tissue flaps." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of deep artery of the thigh this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Atherosclerotic narrowing or occlusion can compromise thigh perfusion and collateral blood flow.", "Traumatic or procedural injury can cause substantial bleeding or a pseudoaneurysm.", "Unrecognized variation in its origin or branches can increase the risk of injury during hip, thigh or vascular procedures." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of deep artery of the thigh this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "English terminology includes deep artery of the thigh, deep femoral artery and profunda femoris artery; usage varies by anatomical and clinical context." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of deep artery of the thigh this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "name": "Femoral artery", "difference": "The femoral artery is the parent vessel; the deep artery of the thigh branches from it and runs into the deeper thigh." }, { "name": "Superficial femoral artery", "difference": "This clinical term denotes the continuation of the femoral artery beyond the profunda origin toward the adductor hiatus, rather than the deep branch." }, { "name": "Medial circumflex femoral artery", "difference": "This is a distinct artery supplying the proximal femur and adjacent tissues; it commonly arises from the deep artery of the thigh but can arise independently." }, { "name": "Deep femoral vein", "difference": "The vein drains blood from deep thigh structures; the artery delivers blood to them." } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-neighbours-q01", "text": "Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of deep artery of the thigh this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Which authoritative anatomical terminology identifier and definition should anchor this registry entry, and is its intended species scope explicitly human?", "Does an existing Vercy world model already own this artery or its exact concept, requiring a link rather than a separate publication?", "Which convention should define the distal boundary of the profunda trunk and number its perforating branches across anatomical variants?", "Which landmark and acquisition conventions make profunda origin distances and lumen measurements comparable across studies?", "Which validated, context-specific criteria support assessment of profunda stenosis and collateral adequacy without importing thresholds from other arteries?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 17, "questions": 29 } }