- See: Anterior Tibial Artery
- Discussion:
- posterior tibial artery enters posterior compartment of leg lying posterior to tibialis posterior & enters plantar foot after passing behind
medial malleolus;
- largest branch is peroneal artery arising high in leg and coursing downward in posterior compartment, lying just medial to fibula;
- gives off branches to adjacent muscles sends branches thru interosseous membrane to anterior compartment & nutrient artery to the fibula;
- lateral compartment of the leg has no artery proper to it;
- tibial nutrient artery of tibia is large branch of posterior tibial artery;
- under flexor retinaculum the posterior tibial artery divides into the lateral and medial plantar arteries;
- medial plantar artery:
- travels w/ medial plantar nerve supplies medial portion of plantar foot;
- three medial metatarsal arteries usually receive branches from the medial plantar artery;
- lateral plantar artery:
- travels w/ lateral plantar nerve & passes across foot to form plantar arch, which joins w/ deep plantar artery from the dorsalis pedis
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