Tibial-fibular trunk

Tibial-fibular trunk

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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. (Tibial-fibular trunk visible but not labeled.)


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Tibial-fibular trunk, also tibial-peroneal trunkcite web |url=http://www.gehealthcare.com/usen/ultrasound/products/msucmeadi.html |title=GE Healthcare-Brochure -Arterial Duplex Imaging: Lower Extremity |accessdate=2008-01-08 |format= |work=] is a term used to describe the posterior tibial artery distal to the origin of the anterior tibial artery and proximal to the origin of the fibular 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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