Anterior medial malleolar artery

Anterior medial malleolar artery
	Anterior tibial and dorsalis pedis arteries ; (anterior medial malleolar artery visible at bottom right.)
Details
Source	Anterior tibial artery
Identifiers
Latin	Arteria malleolaris anterior medialis
TA	A12.2.16.046
FMA	43905
	Anatomical terminology;

The anterior medial malleolar artery (medial anterior malleolar artery, internal malleolar artery) is an artery in the ankle. It arises about 5 cm. above the ankle-joint from the anterior tibial artery.

The anterior medial malleolar artery passes behind the tendons of the extensor hallucis longus and tibialis anterior muscles, to the medial side of the ankle, upon which it ramifies, anastomosing with branches of the posterior tibial and medial plantar arteries and with the medial calcaneal from the posterior tibial.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 635 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_17/17-3.HTM

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