Anterior tibial artery

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Artery: Anterior tibial artery
Back of left lower extremity, showing surface markings for bones, vessels, and nerves. (Anterior tibial artery labeled at bottom left.)
Anterior tibial artery and the muscles and bones of the leg - anterior view of right leg.
Latin	arteria tibialis anterior
Gray's	subject #160 634
Supplies	anterior compartment of the leg
Source	popliteal artery
Branches	post. tibial recurrent fibular ant. tibial recurrent musc. branches ant. medial malleolar ant. lateral malleolar dorsalis pedis
Vein	anterior tibial vein
Dorlands/Elsevier	a_61/12156393

In anatomy, the anterior tibial artery of the lower limb carries blood to the anterior compartment of the leg and dorsal surface of the foot, from the popliteal artery.

It is accompanied by a deep vein, the anterior tibial vein, along its course.

It crosses the anterior aspect of the ankle joint, at which point it becomes the dorsalis pedis artery.

[edit] External links

• Gray's s157 - The Arteries of the Lower Extremity
• Gray's s95 - Ankle joint
• SUNY Figs 12:04-15 - "Arteries of the lower extremity shown in association with major landmarks."

Arteries of lower limbs edit

FEMORAL: superficial epigastric - superficial iliac circumflex - superficial external pudendal - deep external pudendal - profunda femoris (lateral femoral circumflex - medial femoral circumflex - perforating) - descending genicular | (Gray's s157) POPLITEAL: anterior tibial - sural - superior genicular (medial, lateral) - middle genicular - inferior genicular (medial, lateral) | (Gray's s159) ANTERIOR TIBIAL: dorsalis pedis - posterior tibial recurrent - fibular - anterior tibial recurrent - anterior medial malleolar - anterior lateral malleolar | (Gray's s160) DORSALIS PEDIS: lateral tarsal - medial tarsal - arcuate - deep plantar | (Gray's s161) POSTERIOR TIBIAL: fibular - medial plantar - lateral plantar - plantar arch - plantar metatarsal | (Gray's s162)