It receives the lymphatic vessels from the knee-joint, together with those that accompany the genicular arteries.
The medial superior genicular artery is frequently of small size, a condition, which is associated with an increase in the size of the highest genicular.
Latter superior genicular labeled at upper left, second from top.
If the femoral artery has to be ligated surgically to treat a popliteal aneurysm, blood can still reach the popliteal artery distal to the ligation via the genicular anastomosis.
Medial inferior genicular labeled at upper right.
