Popliteal information

Popliteal refers to anatomical structures located in the back of the knee: Popliteal artery Popliteal vein Popliteal fossa Popliteal lymph nodes Popliteus...

The popliteal vein is a vein of the lower limb. It is formed from the anterior tibial vein and the posterior tibial vein. It travels medial to the popliteal...

The popliteal artery is a deeply placed continuation of the femoral artery opening in the distal portion of the adductor magnus muscle. It courses through...

The popliteal fossa (also referred to as hough[1] or kneepit in analogy to the cubital fossa) is a shallow depression located at the back of the knee...

For someone seated, the popliteal height is the distance from the underside of the foot to the underside of the thigh at the knees. It is sometimes called...

The popliteal lymph nodes, small in size and some six or seven in number, are embedded in the fat contained in the popliteal fossa, sometimes referred...

Popliteal pterygium syndrome (PPS) is an inherited condition affecting the face, limbs, and genitalia. The syndrome goes by a number of names including...

Popliteal bypass surgery, more commonly known as femoropopliteal bypass (FPB, fem-pop, etc.) or more generally as lower extremity bypass surgery, is a...

popliteal artery entrapment syndrome (PAES) is an uncommon pathology that occurs when the popliteal artery is compressed by the surrounding popliteal...

nerve (also known as the common peroneal nerve, external popliteal nerve, or lateral popliteal nerve) is a nerve in the lower leg that provides sensation...

Popliteal ligament may refer to: Arcuate popliteal ligament Oblique popliteal ligament This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...

is a branch of the sciatic nerve. The tibial nerve passes through the popliteal fossa to pass below the arch of soleus. The tibial nerve is the larger...

the word seat is in the 13th century. For someone seated, the 'buttock popliteal' length is the horizontal distance from the rearmost part of the buttocks...

The oblique popliteal ligament (posterior ligament) is a broad, flat, fibrous ligament on the posterior knee. It is an extension of the tendon of the...

triangle. It enters and passes through the adductor canal, and becomes the popliteal artery as it passes through the adductor hiatus in the adductor magnus...

A popliteal artery aneurysm is a bulging (aneurysm) of the popliteal artery. A PAA is diagnosed when a focal dilation greater than 50% of the normal vessel...

Berthaume, Michael A.; Bull, Anthony M. J. (July 2021). "Cyamella (a popliteal sesamoid bone) prevalence: A systematic review, meta‐analysis, and proposed...

wrist (radial artery), at the groin (femoral artery), behind the knee (popliteal artery), near the ankle joint (posterior tibial artery), and on foot (dorsalis...

measurement for chair design is the popliteal height and buttock popliteal length. For someone seated, the popliteal height is the distance from the underside...

artery and femoral vein. Those vessels become the popliteal vessels (popliteal artery and popliteal vein) immediately after they leave the hiatus, where...

are six arteries in the human leg, five of which are branches of the popliteal artery, that anastomose in the knee region in the patellar network or...

hiatus and becomes the popliteal artery. On the back of the knee the popliteal artery runs through the popliteal fossa to the popliteal muscle where it divides...

branches from the popliteal artery via the tibial-fibular trunk. The posterior tibial artery arises from the popliteal artery in the popliteal fossa. It is...

iliac artery The arteries of the lower extremity The femoral artery The popliteal artery The anterior tibial artery The arteria dorsalis pedis The posterior...

The arcuate popliteal ligament is an Y-shaped extracapsular ligament of the knee.: 138  It is formed as a thickening of the posterior fibres of the joint...

The soleal line, also known as the popliteal line (in older texts), is a prominent ridge on the posterior surface of the tibia. It is the site of many...

dorsal surface of the foot, from the popliteal artery. The anterior tibial artery is a branch of the popliteal artery. It originates at the distal end...

the popliteal vein, at or above the level of the knee joint. Sometimes, the SSV joins the common gastrocnemius vein before draining in the popliteal vein...

of the profunda femoris artery, the inferior gluteal artery, and the popliteal artery. Both heads of the biceps femoris perform knee flexion. Since the...