Inferior genicular arteries
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Artery: Inferior genicular arteries | |
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The femoral artery. | |
Latin | aa. genu inferiores |
Gray's | subject #159 633 |
The inferior genicular arteries (inferior articular arteries), two in number, arise from the popliteal beneath the Gastrocnemius.
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Arteries of lower limbs edit | |
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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) |