POPLITEAL ARTERY-BRANCHES

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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.