title: Blood vessels of the shin - posterior tibial artery - anatomy - own studies and review of the literature.
abstract: Anatomy of the vascular system of the leg was studied using classical anatomical dissection methods. Based also on literature we have reviewed the current knowledge on the vascularization of the lower leg and its embryological background with special respect toward the posterior tibial artery and its branches.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kopernika 12, Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Przemysław
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chmielewski
authors.forename: Łukasz
authors.initials: Ł
authors.lastname: Warchoł
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gala-Błądzińska
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kopernika 12, Kraków, Poland. izabelamroz@poczta.onet.pl.
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mróz
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Walocha
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malczak
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jaworek
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mizia
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Walocha
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Depukat
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bachul
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bereza
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kurzydło
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gach-Kuniewicz
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mazur
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomaszewski
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000098:blood supply*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000098:blood supply*; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D016909:Tibial Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: anterior tibial artery; fibular artery; injection; lateral plantar artery; medial plantar artery; posterior tibial artery