Anterior tibial artery

Artery: Anterior tibial artery
	Back of left lower extremity, showing surface markings for bones, vessels, and nerves. (Anterior tibial artery labeled at bottom left.)
Latin	arteria tibialis anterior
Gray's	subject #160 634
Supplies	anterior compartment of the leg
Source	popliteal artery
Branches	post. tibial recurrent; fibular; ant. tibial recurrent; musc. branches; ant. medial malleolar; ant. lateral malleolar; dorsalis pedis
Vein	anterior tibial vein
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The anterior tibial artery of the lower limb carries blood to the anterior compartment of the leg and dorsal surface of the foot, from the popliteal artery.

It is accompanied by a deep vein, the anterior tibial vein, along its course.

It crosses the anterior aspect of the ankle joint, at which point it becomes the dorsalis pedis artery.

Additional images

Right knee-joint. Posterior view.
Cross-section through middle of leg.
Anterior tibial artery and the muscles and bones of the leg - anterior view of right leg.

Gray's s157 - The Arteries of the Lower Extremity
Gray's s95 - Ankle joint
SUNY Figs 12:04-15 - "Arteries of the lower extremity shown in association with major landmarks."

v • d • e List of arteries of lower limbs
EI: Femoral	superficial epigastric - superficial iliac circumflex external pudendal: superficial - deep (anterior scrotal) profunda femoris: lateral circumflex femoral (descending, transverse, ascending) - medial circumflex femoral (ascending, superficial, deep, acetabular) - perforating descending genicular (saphenous branch, articular branches)
Popliteal	sural genicular: superior genicular (medial, lateral) - middle genicular - inferior genicular (medial, lateral)
Anterior tibial	tibial recurrent (posterior, anterior) anterior malleolar (medial, lateral) dorsalis pedis: tarsal (medial, lateral)
Posterior tibial	circumflex fibular - fibular medial plantar - lateral plantar
Arches	arcuate: dorsal metatarsal/first dorsal metatarsal - deep plantar - dorsal digital arteries plantar arch: plantar metatarsal - common plantar digital - proper plantar digital

Artery: Anterior tibial artery

Back of left lower extremity, showing surface markings for bones, vessels, and nerves. (Anterior tibial artery labeled at bottom left.)
Latin	arteria tibialis anterior
Gray's	subject #160 634
Supplies	anterior compartment of the leg
Source	popliteal artery
Branches	post. tibial recurrent fibular ant. tibial recurrent musc. branches ant. medial malleolar ant. lateral malleolar dorsalis pedis
Vein	anterior tibial vein
Dorlands / Elsevier	a_61/12156393