Medial superior genicular artery

Looks like

A branch of the popliteal artery curving round the inner side of the thigh bone just above the knee.

What it does

Feeds the vastus medialis and the inner knee, joining the network around the kneecap.

Keeping it well

One of the vessels treated in genicular artery embolisation, a newer procedure for knee arthritis pain still being studied.

Related conditions

• Chronic venous insufficiency
• Growing pains
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Hypothermia & frostbite
• Kawasaki disease
• Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
• Lymphoedema
• Metabolic syndrome
• Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
• Peripheral artery disease
• Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
• Pre-eclampsia
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Restless legs syndrome
• Sepsis
• Shock (circulatory failure)
• Varicose veins
• Vasculitis (GCA & others)