Superior genicular arteries
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| Artery: Superior genicular arteries | |
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| The femoral artery. | |
| Latin | aa. genu superiores |
| Gray's | subject #159 633 |
The superior genicular arteries (superior articular arteries), two in number, arise one on either side of the popliteal, and wind around the femur immediately above its condyles to the front of the knee-joint.
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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) |
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