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popliteal artery
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  popliteal artery - a continuation of the femoral artery that branches to supply the legs and feetarteria popliteaarteria, arterial blood vessel, artery - a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body |
popliteal artery
popliteal artery[päp′lid·ē·əl ′ärd·ə·rē] (neuroscience) A continuation of the femoral artery in the posterior portion of the thigh above the popliteal space and below the buttock. popliteal artery
pop·lit·e·al ar·ter·y [TA] continuation of femoral artery in the popliteal space, bifurcating (at the lower border of the popliteus muscle as it passes deep to the arcus tendineus of the soleus muscle) into the anterior and posterior tibial arteries; branches, lateral and medial superior genicular, middle genicular, lateral and medial inferior genicular, and sural arteries. Synonym(s): arteria poplitea [TA]pop·lit·e·al ar·te·ry (pop-lit'ē-ăl ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA] Continuation of the femoral artery in the popliteal space, bifurcating (at the lower border of the popliteus muscle as it passes deep to the arcus tendineus of the soleus muscle) into the anterior and posterior tibial arteries; branches, lateral and medial superior genicular, middle genicular, lateral and medial inferior genicular, and sural arteries.
Synonym(s): arteria poplitea [TA] . popliteal artery
Related to popliteal artery: Anterior tibial arterySynonyms for popliteal arterynoun a continuation of the femoral artery that branches to supply the legs and feetSynonymsRelated Words- arteria
- arterial blood vessel
- artery
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