The lateral inferior genicular is an
artery
An artery (plural arteries) () is a blood vessel in humans and most animals that takes blood away from the heart to one or more parts of the body (tissues, lungs, brain etc.). Most arteries carry oxygenated blood; the two exceptions are the pu ...
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 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 ...
, the fibular collateral ligament, and the tendon of the
biceps femoris
The biceps femoris () is a muscle of the thigh located to the posterior, or back. As its name implies, it has two parts, one of which (the long head) forms part of the hamstrings muscle group.
Structure
It has two heads of origin:
*the ''long ...
.
Branching
It ends by dividing into branches, which anastomose with the
Inferior medial genicular and
superior lateral genicular arteries, and with the
anterior recurrent tibial artery.
See also
*
Patellar anastomosis
References
Arteries of the lower limb
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