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The '''medial superior genicular''', 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> runs in front of the [[Semimembranosus]] and [[Semitendinosus]], above the medial head of the [[Gastrocnemius]], and passes beneath the tendon of the [[Adductor magnus]]. |
The '''medial superior genicular''', 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> runs in front of the [[Semimembranosus]] and [[Semitendinosus]], above the medial head of the [[Gastrocnemius]], and passes beneath the tendon of the [[Adductor magnus]]. |
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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, which is associated with an increase in the size of the highest genicular. |
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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Revision as of 19:40, 10 February 2018
| Medial superior genicular artery | |
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 The femoral artery. (Medial sup. genicular labeled at bottom right.) | |
 Circumpatellar anastomosis. (Medial superior genicular labeled at upper right, fourth from top.) | |
| 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, a branch of the popliteal artery,[1] runs in front of the Semimembranosus and Semitendinosus, above the medial head of the Gastrocnemius, and passes beneath the tendon of the Adductor magnus.
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
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.
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