Vessel
Posterior tibial artery
Posterior compartment of the leg
High-yield
Pulse felt behind the medial malleolus (tarsal tunnel); gives the fibular artery and terminates as the medial and lateral plantar arteries.
Overview
The larger terminal branch of the popliteal artery supplying the posterior leg and, via the plantar arteries, the sole of the foot.
Reference facts
- Type
Muscular artery
- Origin
Popliteal artery
- Branches / tributaries
Fibular (peroneal) artery; Medial and lateral plantar arteries (terminal)
- Supplies
Posterior and lateral leg and the sole of the foot
- Course
Descends in the deep posterior compartment and passes behind the medial malleolus in the tarsal tunnel into the sole