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Inferior medial genicular artery: anatomy, location and function

The inferior medial genicular artery is a branch of the popliteal artery around the knee. It supplies the medial side of the knee.

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Highlighted in the model: Inferior medial genicular artery. Click any part to read about it, or switch off “Highlight topic” to see the whole body. 3D data: BodyParts3D, © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0; meshes simplified and recoloured. The model is an adult male.

Inferior medial genicular artery at a glance

What it is
The inferior medial genicular artery is a branch of the popliteal artery around the knee.
Location
It arises from the popliteal artery, runs medially along the upper border of popliteus, around the medial condyle of the tibia and deep to the medial collateral ligament and joins the genicular anastomosis.
Function
It supplies the medial side of the knee.
Body system
Cardiovascular · paired (left and right)
FMA ID
FMA43891 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)

Structures next to the inferior medial genicular artery

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References

  1. Foundational Model of Anatomy: Inferior medial genicular artery (FMA43891). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
  2. OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §20.1 Structure and Function of Blood Vessels. Rice University, 2022.
  3. Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.

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