posterior tibial recurrent artery


pos·te·ri·or tib·i·al re·cur·rent ar·ter·y

[TA] an inconstant branch of the posterior tibial artery (or occasionally of the anterior tibial artery), which ascends anterior to the popliteus muscle, anastomoses with branches of the popliteal artery, and sends a twig to the tibiofibular joint. Synonym(s): arteria recurrens tibialis posterior [TA]