Fibular artery

Infobox Artery
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Latin = arteria fibularis, arteria peronea
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Caption = 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.

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Caption2 = Cross-section through middle of leg. (Fibular artery labeled as Peroneal at bottom right.)
BranchFrom = usually posterior tibial artery, occasionally popliteal artery
BranchTo = communicating branch (to the anterior tibial artery) and the perforating branch (to the posterior tibial artery)
Vein = Fibular vein
Supplies = lateral compartment of the leg
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In anatomy, the fibular artery (also known as the peroneal artery) supplies blood to the lateral compartment of the leg and is typically a branch of posterior tibial artery.cite journal | author = Day C, Orme R | title = Popliteal artery branching patterns -- an angiographic study | journal = Clin Radiol | volume = 61 | issue = 8 | pages = 696–9 | year = 2006 | pmid = 16843754 | doi = 10.1016/j.crad.2006.03.014]

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The fibular artery branches off the posterior tibial artery in the upper part of the leg proper, just below the knee. It runs downward in the deep posterior compartment of the leg, just medial to the fibula. It supplies a perforating branch to both the lateral and anterior compartments of the leg; it also provides a nutrient artery to the fibula.

The fibular artery is accompanied by small veins (venae comitantes) known as fibular veins

Branches

Communication branch to anterior tibial artery.

Perforating branch to Anterior lateral malleolar artery.

A calcaneal branch to the lateral part of the calcaneus.

Nomenclature

At one point in its history, both the Greek term "perone" and the Latin term "fibula" were competing to describe the smaller bone of the leg. Many of the arteries, veins, nerves, and muscles in the leg are named according to what bone they are near (e.g. tibialis anterior and the tibial nerve are near the tibia). So the artery that runs near the smaller leg bone had two names: the "peroneal artery" and the "fibular artery". The term "fibula" eventually became the standard name for the bone, but many of the related arteries, muscles, and nerves are still called by the Greek derived name "peroneal". The Terminologia Anatomica, the international standard for anatomical nomenclature, states that both "fibula" and "perone" derived names are acceptable, but lists the "fibula" derived names as the preferred terms.

Like "fibula", the "perone" (pronounced pair-uh-knee) means "pin of a brooch" or "buckle".

References

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External links

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* [http://www.vascularweb.org/_CONTRIBUTION_PAGES/Annual_Meeting/PVSS/2005/The_Distal_Peroneal_Artery._Is_it_an_effective_Outflow_Sourc.html Distal peroneal artery - is it an effective outflow source?] - Vascularweb.org
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* - "The Leg: Nerves and Vessels of the Deep Compartment of the Leg"