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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System

Variations in Mode of Division of Popliteal Artery.

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD

Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed


Image of variations in mode of division of popliteal artery

AT, Anterior tibial artery; DG, descending genicular artery; p, peroneal artery; PT, posterior tibial artery; TAP, anterior tibioperoneal trunk; TP, tibioperoneal trunk.

A: Usual branching pattern.

B: Anterior tibioperoneal trunk.

C: The three arteries of the leg separating from a common source.

D: Anastomosis between the anterior tibial artery and the tibioperoneal trunk.

E: Exaggeration of length of the tibioperoneal trunk.

After DubreuilChambardel, L. in Latarjet, A. Testut, L. Traité d'Anatomie Humaine, 8th Ed. G. Doin & Cie., Paris, 1929.

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