The Patellar Arterial Supply via the Infrapatellar Fat Pad (of Hoffa): A Combined Anatomical and Angiographical Analysis

Figure 7

Branches of the superior lateral genicular artery: (1) runs towards the anterior aspects of the quadriceps tendon, (2) involved in the formation of the superior anastomosis, (3) flanking vessel which joins the descending branch (4), (4) descending branch forming an anastomosis with the ascending artery in the middle third of the lateral margin, P: patella.