Descending genicular artery

Descending genicular artery
	Arteries of the thigh. The descending genicular artery is labeled as #24
	File:Gray552.png Circumpatellar anastomosis. (Highest genicular visible at upper right.)
Details
Latin	arteria descendens genus
Source	femoral artery
Identifiers
Dorlands; /Elsevier	a_61/12154104
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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:

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

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