popliteal

IPA: pˈɑpɫˈɪtʌɫ

Examples of "popliteal" in Sentences

Dislocated knee, tore everything, ruptured my popliteal artery and almost lost my leg.
With the body part that gets about as much sexual attention as the popliteal fossa:* your nose.
I was dissecting the popliteal space the other day, and she asked me if it was Scarpa's triangle!
He was hit in the back of the knee by a bullet that clipped his popliteal artery and his boot began to fill with his blood.
Absence of the artery altogether, as in Manec's case, where the popliteal was a continuation of an immensely enlarged sciatic.
A Baker's cyst, also called a popliteal cyst, is usually the result of a problem with your knee joint, such as arthritis or a cartilage tear.
• If your knees feel discomfort, use a rolled-up towel, pillow, or blanket as a cushion behind the knee joint in the popliteal area, if you know where that is.
The anatomical description of its location is the midpoint of the transverse crease of the popliteal fossa, between the tendons of biceps femoris and semitendinosis.