Posterior tibial artery

The posterior tibial artery ( posterior tibial artery) - called with animals caudal tibial artery - is an artery in the leg. It is the direct continuation of the popliteal artery ( popliteal artery ) after leaving the weaker anterior tibial artery ( anterior tibial artery ).

The posterior tibial artery pulls in the calf muscles, and in this direction in the medial malleolus. In its course it dismisses several branches:

• The peroneal artery pulls the fibula ankle direction and participates in the supply of the lower leg muscles.
• The medial malleolar artery draws to a vascular network at the medial malleolus ( medial malleolar rete ).
• The calcaneal pulls the heel bone and feeds the local vascular network ( Rete calcaneum ).

On the inside of the ankle, the posterior tibial artery divides into its terminal branches, the artery plantaris lateralis and medialis.