Posterior tibial recurrent artery

Posterior tibial recurrent artery
Details
Source anterior tibial artery
Identifiers
Latin arteria recurrens tibialis posterior
TA A12.2.16.044
FMA 43903
Anatomical terminology

The posterior tibial recurrent artery , an inconstant branch, is given off from the anterior tibial before that vessel passes through the gap between superior tibio-fibular joint and upper border of interosseous membrane.

It ascends in front of the Popliteus, which it supplies, and anastomoses with the inferior genicular branches of the popliteal artery, giving an offset to the tibiofibular joint.

Notes

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 635 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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