Sural arteries

Sural arteries
	The popliteal, posterior tibial, and peroneal arteries (sural arteries labeled at upper right)
Details
Latin	Arteriae surales
Source	Popliteal artery
Identifiers
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The sural arteries (inferior muscular arteries) are two large branches, which are distributed to the gastrocnemius, soleus, and plantaris muscles. The term applies to any of four or five arteries arising from the popliteal artery, with distribution to the muscles and integument of the calf, and with anastomoses to the posterior tibial, medial and lateral inferior genicular arteries.

References

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

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