ARTERIES OF THE LEG Flashcards
- a branch of the anterior tibial artery that passes medially around the ankle and anastomoses with the posterior medial malleolar artery
Anterior Medial Malleolar Artery
- normally a branch of the anterior tibial artery that passes laterally around the ankle and anastomoses with the posterior lateral malleolar artery
- helps supply the ankle joint
Anterior Lateral Malleolar Artery
- a branch of the fibular artery that passes anteriorly through the inferior opening in interosseous membrane and continues inferiorly to reach the tarsus
- supplies tarsal bones dorsally, and helps supply ankle joint
Perforating FibulaR Artery / Perforating Peroneal Artery
- a branch of either the anterior tibial artery or the dorsalis pedis artery
that passes laterally across the tarsus, then recurs and anastomoses with the anterior lateral malleolar artery
Lateral Tarsal Artery
- a branch of the posterior tibial artery that passes medially around the ankle and anastomoses with the anterior medial malleolar artery
Posterior Medial Malleolar Artery
- a branch between the posterior tibial artery and the fibular artery that sends a branch to the ankle joint
Fibular Communicating Artery / Peroneal Communicating Artery
- a branch of the peroneal artery that passes laterally around the ankle and
anastomoses with the anterior lateral malleolar artery - helps supply the ankle joint
Posterior Lateral Malleolar Artery
- gives off direct branches to the talar head and neck as it passes dorsally across the midfoot
Dorsalis Pedis Artery
- branch of the dorsalis pedis artery that helps to supply the head and neck of the talus
Medial Tarsal Artery
- branch of the dorsalis pedis artery that gives off direct branches to the talar head and neck as it recurs
Lateral Tarsal Artery
- branch from the anastomosis of the lateral tarsal and the perforating fibular arteries that enters the sinus tarsi from the
lateral end to supply the neck of talus - may be a branch of the dorsalis pedis artery
Artery of the Sinus Tarsi
- helps to supply the posterior process of the talus
Fibular Communicating Artery
- branch of the posterior tibial artery that enters the canalis tarsi
- anastomoses with the artery of the sinus tarsi and this anastomosis
helps to supply the talar head and neck
Artery of the Tarsal Canal
- branch of the artery of the tarsal canal that directly supplies the
talar body - deep to the deltoid ligament
Deltoid Artery
- branch of the fibular artery that passes through the inferior opening of the interosseous membrane
- anastomoses with the lateral tarsal artery to form the artery of the
sinus tarsi
Perforating Fibular Artery / Perforating Peroneal Artery
specifically, which artery of the malleolar arterial network supplies the ankle joint?
Anterior/posterior Lateral Malleolar Artery
specifically, which artery of the malleolar arterial network supplies tarsal bones dorsally, and helps supply ankle joint
perforating fibular artery
artery that anastomoses with the lateral tarsal artery to form the artery of the
sinus tarsi
Perforating Fibular Artery / Perforating Peroneal Artery
