| Medial superior genicular artery | |
|---|---|
 Thefemoral artery. (Medial sup. genicular labeled at bottom right.) | |
 Circumpatellar anastomosis. (Medial superior genicular labeled at upper right, fourth from top.) | |
| Details | |
| Branches | Branch tovastus medialis, branch to surface of the femur and the knee-joint |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | arteria superior medialis genus |
| TA98 | A12.2.16.035 |
| TA2 | 4701 |
| FMA | 22584 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
Themedial superior genicular artery is a branch of thepopliteal artery.[1] It runs deep to thesemimembranosus,semitendinosus, and tendon of theadductor magnus,[2] and superior to the medial head of thegastrocnemius.
It divides into two branches, one of which supplies thevastus medialis, anastomosing with thehighest genicular andmedial inferior genicular arteries; the other ramifies close to the surface of the femur, supplying it and the knee-joint, and anastomosing with thelateral superior genicular artery.
The medial superior genicular artery is frequently of small size, a condition which is associated with an increase in the size of the highest genicular.
This article incorporates text in thepublic domain frompage 633 of the 20th edition ofGray's Anatomy(1918)
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