Anterior medial malleolar artery

Artery in the ankle
Anterior medial malleolar artery
Anterior tibial and dorsalis pedis arteries
(anterior medial malleolar artery visible at bottom right.)
Details
SourceAnterior tibial artery
Identifiers
Latinarteria malleolaris anterior medialis
TA98A12.2.16.046
TA24712
FMA43905
Anatomical terminology
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The anterior medial malleolar artery (medial anterior malleolar artery, internal malleolar artery) is an artery in the ankle. It arises about 5 cm. above the ankle-joint from the anterior tibial artery.

The anterior medial malleolar artery passes behind the tendons of the extensor hallucis longus and tibialis anterior muscles, to the medial side of the ankle, upon which it ramifies, anastomosing with branches of the posterior tibial and medial plantar arteries and with the medial calcaneal from the posterior tibial.

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 635 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

  • http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_17/17-3.HTM Archived 2008-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
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