circumflex fibular branch (of posterior tibial artery)

circumflex fibular branch (of posterior tibial artery)

[TA] a branch of the initial (superior) part of the posterior tibial artery that winds around the neck of the fibula and joins the anastomoses around the knee joint. Synonym(s): ramus circumflexus fibularis arteriae tibialis posterioris [TA], circumflex branch of posterior tibial artery ☆ , circumflex peroneal branch of posterior tibial artery ☆ , ramus circumflexus peronealis arteriae tibialis posterioris ☆ , circumflex fibular artery