- popliteal region
- popliteal region (space)Fossa f poplitea, Kniekehle f, Kniebeuge f, Poplitealregion f, Poples m
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popliteal region
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Popliteal — Pop*lit e*al (?; 277), a. [From L. poples, itis, the ham.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the ham; in the region of the ham, or behind the knee joint; as, the popliteal space. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Popliteal lymph nodes — Infobox Lymph Name = PAGENAME Latin = nodi lymphoidei poplitei GraySubject = 179 GrayPage = 701 Caption = Lymph glands of popliteal fossa. Caption2 = Regional lymph tissue DrainsFrom = DrainsTo = deep inguinal lymph nodes MeshName = MeshNumber =… … Wikipedia
region — 1. An often arbitrarily limited portion of the surface of the body. SEE ALSO: space, zone. 2. A portion of the body having a special nervous or vascular supply, or a part of an organ having a special … Medical dictionary
Nerve — A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another. See nervous system. * * * A whitish cordlike structure composed of one or more bundles (fascicles) of myelinated … Medical dictionary
fossa — A depression usually more or less longitudinal in shape below the level of the surface of a part. [L. a trench or ditch] acetabular f. [TA] a depressed area in the floor of the acetabulum superior to the … Medical dictionary
Semimembranosus muscle — Muscles of the gluteal and posterior femoral regions. Semimembranosus labeled at bottom left … Wikipedia
Antoine Joseph Jobert de Lamballe — (17 December 1799 19 April 1867 [cite web|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed uid=11640520 cmd=showdetailview indexed=google|title=NCBI link] ) was a French surgeon. He was born at Matignon, studied medicine at Paris, and in… … Wikipedia
Jobert fossa — the fossa in the popliteal region bounded above by the adductor magnus and below by the gracilis and sartorius, best seen when the knee is bent and the thigh strongly rotated outward … Medical dictionary
Artery — A vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body. Since blood in arteries is usually full of oxygen, the hemoglobin in the red blood cells is oxygenated. The resultant form of… … Medical dictionary
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Vein — A blood vessel that carries blood low in oxygen content from the body back to the heart. The deoxygenated form of hemoglobin (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood makes it appear dark. Veins are part of the afferent wing of the circulatory system… … Medical dictionary
