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Descending genicular artery

Descending genicular artery
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Arteries of the thigh. The descending genicular artery is labeled as #24
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Circumpatellar anastomosis. (Highest genicular visible at upper right.)
Details
Source femoral artery
Identifiers
Latin arteria descendens genus
Dorlands
/Elsevier
a_61/12154104
TA A12.2.16.017
FMA 22506
Anatomical terminology
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The descending genicular artery (highest genicular artery) arises from the femoral artery just before it passes through the adductor hiatus.

It immediately divides into:

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



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