Sural arteries

Sural arteries

The popliteal, posterior tibial, and peroneal arteries (sural arteries labeled at upper right)
Details
Latin Arteriae surales
Source
 Popliteal artery
Identifiers
Gray's p.633
Dorlands
/Elsevier		 a_61/12156198
TA A12.2.16.037
FMA 70817
Anatomical terminology

The sural arteries (inferior muscular arteries) are two large branches, which are distributed to the gastrocnemius, soleus, and plantaris muscles. The term applies to any of four or five arteries arising from the popliteal artery, with distribution to the muscles and integument of the calf, and with anastomoses to the posterior tibial, medial and lateral inferior genicular arteries.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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