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posterior tibial recurrent artery
Origin: (inconsistent artery)
1) posterior tibial artery
2) may also occur as branch of anterior tibial artery
Distribution: tibiofibular joint (twig)
Anastomosis: popliteal artery
Course: ascends anterior to the popliteus muscle
Related
popliteus
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: posterior tibial recurrent artery
ORIGIN: posterior tibial artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium