POPLITEAL ARTERY
\pˈɒpla͡ɪtə͡l ˈɑːtəɹi], \pˈɒplaɪtəl ˈɑːtəɹi], \p_ˈɒ_p_l_aɪ_t_əl ˈɑː_t_ə_ɹ_i]\
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By Princeton University
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The continuation of the femoral artery coursing through the popliteal fossa; it divides into the anterior and posterior tibial arteries.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Popliteal portion of the crural, - (Ch.), is really a continuation of the femoral, which changes its name on passing through the adductor magnus muscle. It descends a little obliquely outwards into the hollow of the ham, and extends from the commencement of the lower third of the thigh to the end of the upper quarter of the leg, where it terminates by dividing into the posterior tibial and peroneal arteries. In the ham, it gives off the three superior articular arteries; and, at the top of the leg, the arteries of the gemini muscles or Gemini branches, (F.) branches jumelles, the two inferior articular arteries, and the tibialis antica.
By Robley Dunglison
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