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sural artery
One of 4-5 arteries sometimes arising from a common trunk.
Origin: popliteal artery
Distribution: muscles & skin of the calf
Anastomoses:
1) posterior tibial artery
2) medial inferior genicular artery
3) lateral inferior genicular artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: sural artery
ORIGIN: popliteal artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium