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anterior tibial artery
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anterior tibial artery,
one of two divisions of the popliteal artery, arising in back of the knee, dividing into six branches, and supplying various muscles of the leg and foot. Branches are the posterior tibial recurrent, anterior tibial recurrent, lateral anterior malleolar artery, medial anterior malleolar artery, lateral malleolar rete, and medial malleolar rete. Compare posterior tibial artery.


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Huston and Wojtys (1996) reported that women rely more on their quadriceps than their hamstrings in response to anterior tibial translation during a fatigued state, which increases strain on the ACL.
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The anterior cruciate ligament The ACL extends in an inferior, anterior, and medial direction from its origin on the inner surface of the posterior, lateral femoral condyle to its insertion on the anterior tibial plateau anterior to the tibial spines between the attachments of the medial and lateral menisci and beneath the transverse ligament.
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