Inferior medial genicular artery

Artery: Inferior medial genicular artery
The femoral artery. (Medial inf. genicular labeled at lower right.)
Anterior tibial and dorsalis pedis arteries. (Medial inferior genicular labeled at upper right.)
Latin	arteria inferior medialis genus
Gray's	subject #159 633
Supplies	upper end of the tibia, knee-joint
Branches	branch to popliteus

The medial inferior genicular is an artery of the leg.

Course

It first descends along the upper margin of the popliteus, to which it gives branches; it then passes below the medial condyle of the tibia, beneath the tibial collateral ligament, at the anterior border of which it ascends to the front and medial side of the joint, to supply the upper end of the tibia and the knee-joint, anastomosing with the lateral inferior and medial superior genicular arteries.

External links

• inferior+medial+genicular+artery at eMedicine Dictionary

See also

• Patellar anastomosis

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.