Superior genicular arteries

Superior genicular arteries
The femoral artery.
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Identifiers
Latin	arteriae genus superiores
FMA	22535
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The superior genicular arteries (superior articular arteries), two in number, arise one on either side of the popliteal artery, and wind around the femur immediately above its condyles to the front of the knee-joint. The medial superior genicular artery is on the inside of the knee and the lateral superior genicular artery is on the outside.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 633 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Arteries of the human leg

Inferior epigastric

cremasteric ♂ / round ligament ♀

Deep circumflex iliac

no major branches

Femoral

In femoral canal	superficial epigastric superficial circumflex iliac superficial external pudendal deep external pudendal anterior scrotal ♂
Descending genicular	saphenous branch articular branches
Deep femoral artery	medial circumflex femoral ascending descending superficial deep acetabular lateral circumflex femoral descending transverse ascending perforating Cruciate anastomosis Trochanteric anastomosis

Popliteal

Genicular	superior genicular (medial, lateral) middle genicular inferior genicular (medial, lateral)
Sural	no major branches
Anterior tibial	tibial recurrent posterior anterior anterior malleolar medial lateral dorsalis pedis: tarsal (medial, lateral)
Tibial-fibular (Tibial-peroneal) trunk	Posterior tibial circumflex fibular medial plantar lateral plantar fibular (peroneal)
Arches	arcuate dorsal metatarsal first dorsal metatarsal deep plantar dorsal digital arteries plantar arch plantar metatarsal common plantar digital proper plantar digital