lateral inferior genicular artery lateral inferior genicular artery the lateral inferior genicular is an artery of the leg. lateral inferior genicular arterythe femoral artery. (lateral inf. genicular labeled at lower left.)anterior tibial and dorsalis pedis arteries. (lateral inferior genicular labeled at upper left.)detailsidentifierslatinarteria inferior lateralis genusta98a12.2.16.038ta24704fma43888anatomical terminology course it runs lateralward above the head of the fibula to the front of the knee-joint, passing in its course beneath the lateral head of the gastrocnemius, the fibular collateral ligament, and the tendon of the biceps femoris. branching it ends by dividing into branches, which anastomose with the inferior medial genicular and superior lateral genicular arteries, and with the anterior recurrent tibial artery.