LOWER LIMB, BLOOD CIRCULATION
Arteries (in red) and veins (in blue) of the thigh and the knee. The superficial femoral artery becomes, the popliteal artery, at the level of the knee. The descending artery of the knee (or anastomotica magna artery) takes its origin at the superficial femoral artery, descending along the internal border of the thigh, then joins the arterial network of the knee. On the external border of the thigh is located the lateral circumflex artery, branch of the deep femoral artery. At the level of the knee, the popliteal artery divides into various collateral arteries, the articular arteries (or geniculate arteries) that form an anastomosed network. The great saphenous vein is a superficial that originates at the level of the foot, and rising up to the groin along the internal face of the leg. The superficial veins are linked to deep venous networks through perforating veins (or communicating veins), like here at the level of the knee. See. images 1009807 for the veins and 1007707 for the arteries of the knee.
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