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Definition of Popliteal vein
1. Noun. A vein arising in the knee and ascending to become the femoral vein.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Popliteal Vein
Literary usage of Popliteal vein
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)
"Passing directly upward, it perforates the deep fascia in the lower part of the
popliteal space, and terminates in the popliteal vein, between the heads of ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"The popliteal vein (v. poplítea) (Fig. 520) is formed by the junction of the
anterior and posterior tibial veins; it ascends through the popliteal space to ..."
3. The Comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals by Auguste Chauveau (1887)
"popliteal vein. Satellite of the popliteal artery, this vein is formed by ...
Among the branches it receives on its course, the femora-popliteal vein may bo ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1875)
"An examination of the wounded popliteal vein, made at the time of the operation,
did not discover any appreciable dilatation of its canal, ..."
5. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"They are the anterior tibial veins, and only unite into a trunk, where, perforating
the interosseous ligament, it joins the popliteal vein. ..."
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