Popliteal artery Flashcards
What does the popliteal artery divide into terminally?
The anterior and posterior tibial artery.
What does the popliteal artery divide into?
The superior medial and lateral genicular artery, the middle genicular artery, the inferior medial and lateral genicular artery, and the sural artery.
What does the middle popliteal artery do?
Pierces the articular joint and supplies it.
True or false?
The superior and inferior genicular artery is separate!
They anastomose through 2 blood vessels that connect the both together.
What does the femoral artery branch into that forms into the … and the .., artery?
The descending genicular artery which divides into the saphenous branch and the articular muscle branch.
What does the saphenous branch of the artery supply?
The medial inferior genicular artery.
True or false?
The descending branch of the lateral femoral supplies the superior an inferior genicular artery.
True.
What are the 2 anterior tibial arteries that pass into the medial genicular artery?
The posterior and anterior recurrent branch of the tibial artery.
