popliteal artery

Arteria poplitea

Cardiovascular

3D model: popliteal artery
popliteal artery
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Definition

The continuation of the femoral artery coursing through the popliteal fossa; it divides into the anterior and posterior tibial arteries.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

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Identifiers

TA2
4699
TA98
A12.2.16.033
FMA
77155
UBERON
0002250
Wikidata
Q707468