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1. Muscular branches - to all muscles in the fossa.
1. Muscular branches - to all muscles in the fossa.
<br/>2. Branches to the head of the gastrocs (sural arteries) - end arteries. 
<br/>2. Branches to the head of the gastrocs (sural arteries) - end arteries.  
<br/>3. Medial & lateral superior genicular arteries - encircle the femur. Chief contributors to the knee. 
<br/>3. Medial &amp; lateral superior genicular arteries - encircle the femur. Chief contributors to the knee.  
<br/>4. Medial & lateral inferior genicular arteries - encircle the tibia. Chief contributors to the knee.
<br/>4. Medial &amp; lateral inferior genicular arteries - encircle the tibia. Chief contributors to the knee.
<br/>5. Middle genicular artery - enters the knee joint to supply the cruciate ligaments. 
<br/>5. Middle genicular artery - enters the knee joint to supply the cruciate ligaments.  
<br/>[[Image:popliteal_artery.jpg]]
<br/>[[Image:popliteal_artery.jpg]]
<br/><b>Image: </b>Gray, Henry. <i>Anatomy of the Human Body.</i> Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1918; Bartleby.com, 2000. [https://www.bartleby.com/107/ www.bartleby.com/107/] [Accessed 7 Apr. 2019]. 
<br/><b>Image: </b>Gray, Henry. <i>Anatomy of the Human Body.</i> Philadelphia: Lea &amp; Febiger, 1918; Bartleby.com, 2000. [https://www.bartleby.com/107/ www.bartleby.com/107/] [Accessed 7 Apr. 2019].  





Latest revision as of 11:29, 1 January 2023

SUMMARY

1. Muscular branches - to all muscles in the fossa.
2. Branches to the head of the gastrocs (sural arteries) - end arteries.
3. Medial & lateral superior genicular arteries - encircle the femur. Chief contributors to the knee.
4. Medial & lateral inferior genicular arteries - encircle the tibia. Chief contributors to the knee.
5. Middle genicular artery - enters the knee joint to supply the cruciate ligaments.
Popliteal artery.jpg
Image: Gray, Henry. Anatomy of the Human Body. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1918; Bartleby.com, 2000. www.bartleby.com/107/ [Accessed 7 Apr. 2019].


Reference(s)

R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.