Circumflex fibular artery | |
Latin: | ramus circumflexus fibularis arteriae tibialis posterioris |
Branchfrom: | Posterior tibial artery |
Supplies: | Knee and some surrounding muscles |
The circumflex fibular artery (circumflex fibular branch, circumflex branch of posterior tibial artery, or circumflex peroneal branch of posterior tibial artery) is a branch of the posterior tibial artery which supplies blood to the knee.[1]
The artery branch of the anterior tibial artery, at its initial (or superior) segment, winds around the neck of the fibula and joins patellar network.