Recurrent tibial arteries

Changed by Craig Hacking, 8 Dec 2016

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Posterior tibial recurrent artery

Origin and course
  • Inconstant branch that arises before the anterior tibial reaches the extensor compartment
  • Ascends anterior to popliteus with the recurrent nerve to that muscle, anastomosing with the inferior genicular branches of the popliteal artery
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  • Superiror tibiofibular joint

Anterior tibial recurrent artery

Origin and course
  • Arises near the posterior tibial recurrent artery
  • Ascends in tibialis anterior, ramifies on the front and sides of the knee joint and joins the patellar network, anastomosing with the inferior genicular branches of the popliteal artery
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  • Superior tibiofibular joint
  • -<li>Ascends anterior to <a title="Popliteus muscle" href="/articles/popliteus-muscle">popliteus </a>with the recurrent nerve to that muscle, anastomosing with the inferior genicular branches of the <a title="Popliteal artery" href="/articles/popliteal-artery">popliteal artery</a>
  • +<li>Ascends anterior to <a href="/articles/popliteus-muscle">popliteus </a>with the recurrent nerve to that muscle, anastomosing with the inferior genicular branches of the <a href="/articles/popliteal-artery">popliteal artery</a>
  • -</ul><h5>Supply</h5><ul><li>Superiror tibiofibular joint</li></ul><p> </p><h4>Anterior tibial recurrent artery</h4><h5>Origin and course</h5><ul>
  • +</ul><h5>Supply</h5><ul><li>Superiror tibiofibular joint</li></ul><h4>Anterior tibial recurrent artery</h4><h5>Origin and course</h5><ul>
  • -<li>Ascends in tibialis anterior, ramifies on the front and sides of the knee joint and joins the patellar network, anastomosing with the inferior genicular branches of the <a title="Popliteal artery" href="/articles/popliteal-artery">popliteal artery</a>
  • +<li>Ascends in tibialis anterior, ramifies on the front and sides of the knee joint and joins the patellar network, anastomosing with the inferior genicular branches of the <a href="/articles/popliteal-artery">popliteal artery</a>

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  • Vascular

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