In the pelvic limb of domestic ungulates, as the external iliac passes through the vascular lacuna to continue as the femoral artery, the proximal branch given off is the pudendoepigastric trunk (A) (or deep femoral origin), followed closely by the deep femoral artery (D), then more distally the anterior/cranial femoral artery (B), and finally near the middle/lower third of the thigh, the saphenous artery (C) arises before the femoral continues as the popliteal artery. Thus, the sequence from proximal to distal is (A), (D), (B), (C).

Option analysis:

• Incorrect order.
• Correct. (A), (D), (B), (C) represents the true proximodistal branching order.
• Inverts deep femoral and anterior femoral.
• Places saphenous too early.