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Tibial-fibular trunk

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]



Tibial-fibular trunk, also tibial-peroneal trunk is a term used to describe the posterior tibial artery distal to the origin of the anterior tibial artery and proximal to the origin of the fibular artery.[1]

References

  1. Day C, Orme R (2006). “Popliteal artery branching patterns — an angiographic study”. Clin Radiol. 61 (8): 696–9. PMID 16843754.

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