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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]
Circumflex fibular artery | |
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Details | |
Source | Posterior tibial artery |
Supplies | Knee and some surrounding muscles |
Identifiers | |
Latin | ramus circumflexus fibularis arteriae tibialis posterioris |
TA98 | A12.2.16.056 |
TA2 | 4722 |
FMA | 43918 |
Anatomical terminology |
The artery branch of the anterior tibial artery, at its initial (or superior) segment, winds around the neck of the fibula and joins patellar network.[1]
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