Tibial-fibular trunk

Tibial-fibular trunk
Picture of arteries of the lower limb, showing fibular artery and its source, the posterior tibial artery. The perforating branch of fibular artery is also shown (tibial-fibular trunk visible but not labeled).
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Latin	Truncus tibiofibularis
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

Tibial-fibular trunk (or tibial-peroneal trunk)^[1] is a segment of artery below the knee, distal to the origin of the anterior tibial artery off the popliteal artery, and proximal to the branch point of the posterior tibial artery and the fibular artery.^[2]

References

↑ "GE Healthcare-Brochure -Arterial Duplex Imaging: Lower Extremity". Retrieved 2008-01-08.
↑ Day C, Orme R (2006). "Popliteal artery branching patterns -- an angiographic study". Clin Radiol 61 (8): 696–9. doi:10.1016/j.crad.2006.03.014. PMID 16843754.

External links

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_15/15-10.HTM

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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