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The tibiofibular trunk terminates by bifurcating into two terminal branches: the posterior tibial artery, and the fibular artery. This is the most common configuration of the origins of these arteries, however, many other anatomical variations exist. [1]
Many of the arteries, veins, nerves, and muscles in the leg are named according to what bone they are near (e.g. tibialis anterior and the tibial nerve are near the tibia). So the artery that runs near the smaller leg bone had two names: the peroneal artery and the fibular artery.
The axillary artery; The brachial artery; The radial artery; The ulnar artery; The arteries of the trunk The descending aorta. The thoracic aorta; The abdominal aorta; The common iliac arteries The hypogastric artery; The external iliac artery; The arteries of the lower extremity The femoral artery; The popliteal artery; The anterior tibial artery
anterior tibial artery. post. tibial recurrent artery; ant. tibial recurrent artery; muscular branches; anterior medial malleolar artery; anterior lateral malleolar artery; Dorsalis pedis artery; posterior tibial artery. fibular artery (sometimes from popliteal artery) communicating branch to the anterior tibial artery; perforating branch to ...
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.
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The circumflex fibular artery (circumflex fibular branch, circumflex branch of posterior tibial artery, or circumflex peroneal branch of posterior tibial artery) is a branch of the posterior tibial artery which supplies blood to the knee. [1]
Posterior tibial: Artery: ... Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata] In anatomy, the fibular veins (also known as peroneal ... They drain into the posterior tibial ...