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Definition of Popliteal artery
1. Noun. A continuation of the femoral artery that branches to supply the legs and feet.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Popliteal Artery
Literary usage of Popliteal artery
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)
"THE popliteal artery. accompanies the long saphenous nerve to the inner side ...
popliteal artery. The popliteal artery commences at the termination of the ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"Arising from the artery, and passing off from it at right angles, are its genicular
branches. The popliteal artery (A. Poplitea) (Fig. 620). ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1876)
"Occlusion of the popliteal artery, with establishment of ... The occlusion was
in the popliteal artery of the left leg. The case was found in the dissecting ..."
4. The Comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals by Auguste Chauveau (1887)
"The popliteal artery emits on its track : 1, The/emoro popliteal artery ; 2, ...
The femoro-popliteal artery is the only one of these collateral branches ..."
5. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"lower part of the tubercle of the tibia. n the first part of its course the
popliteal artery inclines slightly from n outwards, over the inner portion of ..."
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