Anterior tibial recurrent artery

Anterior tibial recurrent artery
Patellar network (anterior recurrent tibial visible at bottom left)
Anterior tibial and dorsalis pedis arteries (anterior tibial recurrent visible at center left)
Details
Source	Anterior tibial artery
Identifiers
Latin	Arteria recurrens tibialis anterior
Dorlands /Elsevier	a_61/12155702
TA	A12.2.16.043
FMA	43902
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The anterior tibial recurrent artery is a small artery in the leg. It arises from the anterior tibial artery, as soon as that vessel has passed through the interosseous space. It ascends in the tibialis anterior muscle, ramifies on the front and sides of the knee-joint, and assists in the formation of the patellar plexus by anastomosing with the genicular branches of the popliteal, and with the highest genicular artery.

References

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

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Arteries of the human leg

Inferior epigastric

cremasteric ♂ / round ligament ♀

Deep circumflex iliac

no major branches

Femoral

In femoral canal	superficial epigastric superficial circumflex iliac superficial external pudendal deep external pudendal (anterior scrotal ♂

Descending genicular	saphenous branch articular branches

Profunda femoris	medial circumflex femoral (ascending, superficial, deep, acetabular) lateral circumflex femoral (descending, transverse, ascending) perforating

Popliteal

Genicular	superior genicular (medial, lateral) middle genicular inferior genicular (medial, lateral)

Sural	no major branches

Anterior tibial	tibial recurrent posterior anterior) anterior malleolar medial lateral dorsalis pedis: tarsal (medial, lateral)

Tibial-fibular (Tibial-peroneal) trunk	Posterior tibial circumflex fibular medial plantar lateral plantar fibular (peroneal)

Arches	arcuate dorsal metatarsal first dorsal metatarsal deep plantar dorsal digital arteries plantar arch plantar metatarsal common plantar digital proper plantar digital

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