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Definition of Popliteus
1. Noun. (anatomy) A small muscle at the back of the knee that aids in bending the knee and in the rotation of the lower leg. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Popliteus
1. a muscle at the back of the knee [n -TEI] : POPLITEAL [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Popliteus
Literary usage of Popliteus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"Above, where it covers the popliteus, it is thick and dense, ... The popliteus
is a thin, flat, triangular muscle, which forms part of the floor of the ..."
2. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1899)
"the popliteus, divided into anterior tibial and peroneal. The left side of the
body is not described. 5. Female.—Left.—The popliteal artery divided into ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The Gastrocnemius, acting from below, -<:-rves to flex the femur upon the tibia,
assisted by the popliteus. The Plantaris is the rudiment of a large muscle ..."
4. A Text Book of Anatomy, and Guide in Dissections: For the Use of Students of by Washington R. Handy (1854)
"The popliteus arises by a round tendon on the outer face of the external condyle,
... 253) arises from the posterior part of the tibia, below the popliteus, ..."
5. The Cat: An Introduction to the Study of Backboned Animals, Especially Mammals by St. George Jackson Mivart (1881)
"The external condyle (ec) has on its outer surface a depression for the tendon
of the popliteus muscle. Immediately above this is the slight prominence of ..."
6. Practical Anatomy: An Exposition of the Facts of Gross Anatomy from the by John Clement Heisler (1920)
"THE popliteus MUSCLE (Fig. 89).-—Origin, by a tendon from an impression on the
... The nerve to the popliteus should now be followed around the lower border ..."
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