The inferior genicular arteries (inferior articular arteries), two in number, arise from the popliteal beneath the

gastrocnemius The gastrocnemius muscle (plural ''gastrocnemii'') is a superficial two-headed muscle that is in the back part of the lower leg of humans. It runs from its two heads just above the knee to the heel, a three joint muscle (knee, ankle and subtalar ...

. On the inside of the knee, is the

medial inferior genicular artery The medial inferior genicular is an artery of the leg. Course It first descends along the upper margin of the popliteus, to which it gives branches; it then passes below the medial condyle of the tibia, beneath the tibial collateral ligament, at ...

, and on the outer side is the

lateral inferior genicular artery The lateral inferior genicular is an artery of the leg. Course It runs lateralward above the head of the fibula to the front of the knee-joint, passing in its course beneath the lateral head of the gastrocnemius, the fibular collateral ligament, ...

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Arteries of the lower limb {{Portal bar, Anatomy

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