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The '''medial superior genicular''' |
The '''medial superior genicular artery''' is a branch of the [[popliteal artery]].<ref name="Yahoo! Health">{{cite web|last=Healthline Editorial Team|title=Medial superior genicular artery|url=http://health.yahoo.net/human-body-maps/medial-superior-genicular-artery|publisher=Yahoo! Health|accessdate=21 October 2012}}</ref> It runs deep to the [[semimembranosus]], [[semitendinosus]], and tendon of the [[adductor magnus]],'''<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Sinnatamby |first=Chummy |title=Last's Anatomy |publisher= |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-7295-3752-0 |edition=12th |pages=134}}</ref>''' and superior to the medial head of the [[gastrocnemius]]. |
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It divides into two branches, one of which supplies the [[vastus medialis]], anastomosing with the [[highest genicular]] and [[medial inferior genicular]] arteries; the other ramifies close to the surface of the femur, supplying it and the knee-joint, and anastomosing with the [[lateral superior genicular artery]]. |
It divides into two branches, one of which supplies the [[vastus medialis]], anastomosing with the [[highest genicular]] and [[medial inferior genicular]] arteries; the other ramifies close to the surface of the femur, supplying it and the knee-joint, and anastomosing with the [[lateral superior genicular artery]]. |
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The medial superior genicular artery is frequently of small size, a condition |
The medial superior genicular artery is frequently of small size, a condition which is associated with an increase in the size of the highest genicular. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Latest revision as of 02:19, 11 May 2023
Medial superior genicular artery | |
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Details | |
Branches | Branch to vastus medialis, branch to surface of the femur and the knee-joint |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria superior medialis genus |
TA98 | A12.2.16.035 |
TA2 | 4701 |
FMA | 22584 |
Anatomical terminology |
The medial superior genicular artery is a branch of the popliteal artery.[1] It runs deep to the semimembranosus, semitendinosus, and tendon of the adductor magnus,[2] and superior to the medial head of the gastrocnemius.
It divides into two branches, one of which supplies the vastus medialis, anastomosing with the highest genicular and medial inferior genicular arteries; the other ramifies close to the surface of the femur, supplying it and the knee-joint, and anastomosing with the lateral superior genicular artery.
The medial superior genicular artery is frequently of small size, a condition which is associated with an increase in the size of the highest genicular.
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References[edit]
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 633 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ^ Healthline Editorial Team. "Medial superior genicular artery". Yahoo! Health. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ Sinnatamby, Chummy (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). p. 134. ISBN 978-0-7295-3752-0.