Circumflex fibular artery

Circumflex fibular artery
Major arteries of the leg - posterior view (circumflex fibular artery is not labeled, but region is visible)
Details
SourcePosterior tibial artery
SuppliesKnee and some surrounding muscles
Identifiers
Latinramus circumflexus fibularis arteriae tibialis posterioris
TA98A12.2.16.056
TA24722
FMA43918
Anatomical terminology

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]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "circumflex fibular artery". Farlex. Retrieved June 18, 2013.


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