Quick Facts
Origin: Superior medial genicular, superior lateral genicular, inferior medial genicular, anterior recurrent tibial, and descending genicular arteries.
Course: The patellar anastomosis contributes to the supply of the patella and fascia and cutaneous tissue over lying of the knee.ourse: The branches form an arterial ring on the anterior surface of the patella.
Branches: None.
Supplied Structures: Patella and fascia and cutaneous tissue over lying of the knee.
Related parts of the anatomy
Origin
There are usually five arteries that form the patellar anastomosis, the superior medial genicular, superior lateral genicular, inferior medial genicular, anterior recurrent tibial, and descending genicular arteries (Tubbs, Shoja and Loukas, 2016).
Course
The patellar anastomosis sits between the fascia and the cutaneous region surrounding the patella (Standring, 2016).
Branches
There are no named branches.
Supplied Structures
The patellar anastomosis contributes to the supply of the patella and fascia and cutaneous tissue over lying of the knee.
References
Standring, S. (2016) Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. Gray's Anatomy Series 41st edition edn.: Elsevier Limited.
Tubbs, R. S., Shoja, M. M. and Loukas, M. (2016) Bergman's Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation. Wiley.
