Post._tibial_recurrent_artery

Posterior tibial recurrent artery

Posterior tibial recurrent artery

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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.

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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.

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 635 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)



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