POPLITEAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does popliteal artery mean? 

• POPLITEAL ARTERY (noun)
  The noun POPLITEAL ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. a continuation of the femoral artery that branches to supply the legs and feet

  Familiarity information: POPLITEAL ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POPLITEAL ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A continuation of the femoral artery that branches to supply the legs and feet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria poplitea; popliteal artery

Hypernyms ("popliteal artery" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

 Context examples 

The anterior and posterior arteries created at the bifurcation of the popliteal artery.

(Murine Posterior Tibial Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel arising from the popliteal artery that supplies blood to the head of the tibia and the knee joint.

(Inferior Internal Articular Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel arising from the popliteal artery that supplies blood to the head of the fibula and the front of the knee joint.

(Inferior External Articular Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A small blood vessel branch arising opposite of the back of the knee joint from the popliteal artery and supplies the ligaments and synovial membrane in the interior of the articulation.

(Azygos Articular Artery, NCI Thesaurus)