Anterior lateral malleolar artery
Appearance
(Redirected from Arteria malleolaris anterior lateralis)
Anterior lateral malleolar artery | |
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![]() Anterior tibial and dorsalis pedis arteries (anterior lateral malleolar arterylabeled at bottom left.) | |
Details | |
Source | Anterior tibial artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria malleolaris anterior lateralis |
TA98 | A12.2.16.045 |
TA2 | 4711 |
FMA | 43904 |
Anatomical terminology |
The anterior lateral malleolar artery (lateral anterior malleolar artery, external malleolar artery) is an artery in the ankle.
The anterior lateral malleolar artery is a branch of the anterior tibial artery. It passes beneath the tendons of the extensor digitorum longus and fibularis tertius and supplies the lateral side of the ankle. It forms anastomoses[broken anchor] with the perforating branch of the fibular artery, and with ascending twigs from the lateral tarsal artery.
References
[edit] This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 635 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
[edit]- http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_17/17-3.HTM Archived 2008-01-17 at the Wayback Machine