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posterior tibial artery

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001538

The posterior tibial artery of the lower limb carries blood to the posterior compartment of the leg and plantar surface of the foot, from the popliteal artery. It is accompanied by a deep vein, the posterior tibial vein, along its course. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_tibial_artery ]

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Gray1247.png

has related synonym

arteria tibialis posterior

id

UBERON:0001538

prefLabel

Posterior tibial artery

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606