Sural arteries
Sural arteries | |
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The popliteal, posterior tibial, and peroneal arteries (sural arteries labeled at upper right) | |
Details | |
Source | Popliteal artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteriae surales |
TA98 | A12.2.16.037 |
TA2 | 4703 |
FMA | 22570 |
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata] |
The sural arteries (inferior muscular arteries) are two large branches, lateral and medial, which are distributed to the gastrocnemius, soleus, and plantaris muscles. Sural means related to the calf.[1] The term applies to any of four or five arteries arising from the popliteal artery, with distribution to the muscles and integument of the calf, and with anastomoses to the posterior tibial, medial and lateral inferior genicular arteries.
References
- ^ "SURAE | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary". dictionary.cambridge.org.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 633 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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Arteries of the human leg
- cremasteric ♂ / round ligament ♀
- no major branches
In femoral canal | |
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Descending genicular |
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Deep femoral artery |
Genicular | |
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Sural |
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Anterior tibial | |
Tibial-fibular (Tibial-peroneal) trunk | |
Arches |
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