Ankle Branches Medial

The ankle branches (branches of the middle tibia) (rami laterales malleolaris) are the superficial branches of the tibia, the posterior branches of the lateral plantar vessels. Formed from the posterior interosseous branch. On the back of the knee joint, each V. is divided into 2 casings - superficial and deep. The superficial one covers the patellar muscle above the anterior surface of the tibial artery - here it breaks up into terminal branches. From the trunk of the superficial casing of the V. begins a three-dimensionally diverging fan-shaped subcutaneous branch, which is the superficial branch of the lateral cutaneous nerve of the leg. The posterior interosseous trunk supplies the following muscles: the gluteal and posterior tibialis. A deep casing runs along the back surface of the knee joint and immediately above it begins with subcutaneous calcaneal-rim branches extending from it, 2 from each V., as well as several subcutaneous medial V., connecting with each other in front and at the top near the trunk of the fibula