Descending artery genus
The descending artery genus - "descending knee artery", in animal anatomy arteria genus descendens (this term is outdated in human anatomy) - is an artery of the lower extremity in the area of the thigh .
The genus descending artery arises in the adductor canal ( canalis adductorius ) from the arteria femoralis . It pierces the vastoadductoria membrane with the vein of the same name and the saphenous nerve . Then it divides into several branches:
- The ramus saphenus runs along the inside of the thigh.
- The rami articulares participate in the vascular plexus on the knee joint ( rete articulare genus ).
literature
- Hamid Emminger (Ed.): Physikum exact. The entire examination knowledge for the 1st ÄP. 4th, revised and updated edition. Georg Thieme, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-13-107034-X , p. 233.