Inferior lateral genicular artery
| Inferior lateral genicular artery | |
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The femoral artery. (Lateral inf. genicular labeled at lower left.) | |
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Anterior tibial and dorsalis pedis arteries. (Lateral inferior genicular labeled at upper left.) | |
| Details | |
| Latin | Arteria inferior lateralis genus |
| Identifiers | |
| Gray's | p.633 |
| Dorlands /Elsevier | a_61/12154587 |
| TA | A12.2.16.038 |
| FMA | 43888 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The lateral inferior genicular is an artery of the leg.
Course
It runs lateralward above the head of the fibula to the front of the knee-joint, passing in its course beneath the lateral head of the gastrocnemius, the fibular collateral ligament, and the tendon of the biceps femoris.
Branching
It ends by dividing into branches, which anastomose with the Inferior medial genicular and superior lateral genicular arteries, and with the anterior recurrent tibial artery.
See also
- Patellar anastomosis
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
- inferior+lateral+genicular+artery at eMedicine Dictionary
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