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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.
Posterior tibial recurrent artery | |
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Details | |
Source | Anterior tibial artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria recurrens tibialis posterior |
TA98 | A12.2.16.044 |
TA2 | 4710 |
FMA | 43903 |
Anatomical terminology |
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.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 635 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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