Lateral superior genicular artery
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Lateral superior genicular artery | |
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![]() The femoral artery. (Lateral sup. genicular labeled at bottom left.) | |
![]() Circumpatellar anastomosis. (Latter superior genicular labeled at upper left, second from top.) | |
Details | |
Branches | Superficial branch, deep branch |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria superior lateralis genus |
TA98 | A12.2.16.034 |
TA2 | 4700 |
FMA | 22585 |
Anatomical terminology |
The lateral superior genicular artery is a branch of the popliteal artery that supplies a portion of the knee joint.
Anatomy
[edit]Course and relations
[edit]It passes above the lateral condyle of the femur.[citation needed] It runs deep to the tendon of the biceps femoris.[1]
Branches
[edit]It divides into a superficial and a deep branch; the superficial branch supplies the vastus lateralis, and anastomoses with the descending branch of the lateral femoral circumflex and the lateral inferior genicular arteries; the deep branch supplies the lower part of the femur and knee-joint, and forms an anastomotic arch across the front of the bone with the highest genicular and the medial inferior genicular arteries.
Additional images
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Schema of the arteries arising from the external iliac and femoral arteries.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sinnatamby, Chummy (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). p. 134. ISBN 978-0-7295-3752-0.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 633 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)