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	Popliteal artery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In human anatomy, the popliteal artery is defined as the extension of the femoral artery after passing through the adductor canal above the knee.
		The popliteal artery, through numerous smaller branches, supplies blood to the knee joint and muscles in the thigh and calf.
		Embryologically, the popliteal artery is derived from the fetal sciatic artery, which is distinct from the femoral artery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Popliteal_artery (369 words)

	VI. The Arteries. 6c. The Popliteal Artery. Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the Human Body.
		crossed from the lateral to the medial side by the tibial nerve and the popliteal vein, the vein being between the nerve and the artery and closely adherent to the latter.
		The cutaneous branches arise either from the popliteal artery or from some of its branches; they descend between the two heads of the Gastrocnemius, and, piercing the deep fascia, are distributed to the skin of the back of the leg.
		The arteries which form this plexus are the two medial and the two lateral genicular branches of the popliteal, the highest genicular, the descending branch of the lateral femoral circumflex, and the anterior recurrent tibial.
	www.bartleby.com /107/159.html (941 words)

	Arteries of the Lower Limb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The artery descends on the psoas major, pectineus, and adductor longus muscles in the floor of the femoral triangle.
		The superior muscular branches of the popliteal artery have clinically important anastomoses with the terminal part of the profunda femoris and gluteal arteries.
		A cutaneous branch of the popliteal artery, the
	www.geocities.com /medinotes/lowrart.htm (1258 words)

	VI. The Arteries. 6b. The Popliteal Fossa. Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the Human Body.
		The floor is formed by the popliteal surface of the femur, the oblique popliteal ligament of the knee-joint, the upper end of the tibia, and the fascia covering the Popliteus; the fossa is covered in by the fascia lata.
		The articular branch from the obturator nerve descends upon the artery to the knee-joint.
		The popliteal lymph glands, six or seven in number, are imbedded in the fat; one lies beneath the popliteal fascia near the termination of the external saphenous vein, another between the popliteal artery and the back of the knee-joint, while the others are placed at the sides of the popliteal vessel.
	www.bartleby.com /107/158.html (333 words)

	The Physician and Sportsmedicine: Arterial and Venous Injuries in Athletes
		Arterial injuries consisted of 8 axillary or subclavian branch artery aneurysms with embolization, 6 popliteal artery injuries, and 3 external iliac artery injuries.
		A fourth area—direct injury to the arteries of the hand—may arise from repetitive trauma.
		The vascular anatomy predisposes the popliteal area to traumatic injury because of the tethering at the adductor hiatus and the soleus arch.
	www.physsportsmed.com /issues/2003/0403/arko.htm (3247 words)

	Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
		Popliteal artery entrapment was first described in 1879, in Edinburgh, by a medical student, while he was dissecting a leg that had been amputated due to gangrene caused by aneurysmal thrombosis of the popliteal artery in a 64-year-old patient.
		showed asymptomatic arterial and venous compression in the general population when plantar flexion or dorsiflexion of the foot was performed as occurs with the subclavian artery as a result of hyperabduction of upper limbs.
		AG is used to show compression and/or deviations of the popliteal artery, in addition to existing vascular injuries (stenosis, obstructions, aneurysms) and it is also used to analyze the distal vascular bed in case revascularization is deemed necessary.
	www.jvascbr.com.br /02-01-01/02-01-01-22/02-01-01-22.htm (3794 words)

	The Physician and Sportsmedicine: Popliteal Artery Entrapment
		Fibrous bands and medial genicular arteries that tethered the popliteal artery were released to increase the mobility of the artery when it is compressed by the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle.
		The development of functional popliteal entrapment syndrome may also be multifactorial; a tight or immobile, hypersensitive, or spasmodic popliteal artery may be contribute to entrapment.
		Popliteal entrapment is bilateral in 25% to 43% of patients.
	www.physsportsmed.com /issues/2002/08_02/wang.htm (1885 words)

	eMedicine - Popliteal Artery Thrombosis : Article by Yale D Podnos, MD, MPH
		Popliteal entrapment is a rare cause of popliteal artery occlusion.
		Clinical: With the exceptions of emboli and trauma, the course of disease culminating in popliteal artery occlusion is insidious.
		The popliteal artery is accessible from medial thigh and calf incisions.
	www.emedicine.com /med/topic2769.htm (2750 words)

	Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome: A Case Report
		Popliteal artery entrapment is described in the literature as being due to external compression of the popliteal artery by a congenital anomalous relationship to the gastrocnemius muscle.
		Entrapment of the artery occurs when the popliteal artery courses medially as a variant and enters into a confined space between the medial condyle of the femur and the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle.
		Becquemin noticed that the status of the entrapment depended upon the anatomical relationship of the popliteal artery to the surrounding structures.
	www.homeopathycanada.com /cgi-bin/viewarticle.pl?ID=895872319 (1160 words)

	Article : Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome: Diagnosis by MRI ; Author : ANIL PILLAI ; Co-Author(s) : ; Vol / Issue ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The embryological popliteal atery in the developing limb bud is the continuation of the primitive axial or ischiadic artery.
		The primitive distal popliteal axial artery, which lies deep to the popliteus muscle disappears at about 9 weeks and the definitive distal popliteal artery forms superficial to the popliteus muscle by the fusion of two new vessels after the medial head of the gastrocnemius has migrated across the politeal fossa.
		The medial displacement of the artery is less pronounced than in type 1 and the muscle has a variable attachment from the lateral surface of the medial femoral condyle to the intercondylar region.
	ijri.org /articles/archives/2002-12-1/case_report_91.htm (1401 words)

	King Edward Memorial Hospital - Departments: Radiology - Interventional Case Records
		The right lower limb angiogram, revealed a large fusiform dilatation of the artery at the junction of the right superficial femoral artery and the popliteal artery measuring 8cm in length and 1.8 cm in its maximum width.
		The causes of the most popliteal artery aneuysms is not known, but it may be secondary to atherosclerotic disease or traumatic injury.
		Treatment of femoro-popliteal arterial aneurysms using non-covered stents has been attempted albeit unsuccessfully, because of long lesion lengths, the smaller arterial diameter, and the exposed nature of the femoropopliteal artery, which may result in the compression of the rigid stents.
	www.kem.edu /dept/radiology/inter_9.htm (662 words)

	Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine: Pathologic quiz case: Leg claudication in young patients
		Popliteal artery compression syndrome is a common cause of claudication in adults younger than 40 years.
		Four types of entrapment are recognized.1-3 In several of these, the popliteal artery is located medially and is entrapped by the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle in the popliteal fossa.
		Popliteal artery thrombosis caused by popliteal entrapment syndrome.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3725/is_200106/ai_n9003530 (1097 words)

	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: effect of knee flexion on the popliteal artery and its surgical significance, The
		This is close to the popliteal artery (PA) which may be injured, although this is rare with an overall incidence during TKR of 0.12%.1 There are only a few reported instances of direct injury to the PA during HTO.2-4 Transection, traumatic aneurysm, thrombosis, fistula and rupture of atherosclerotic plaques are all described.
		Cadaver dissections of the popliteal fossa were also performed to help in the understanding of the anatomy of the tibial portion of the PA and structures influencing the movement of this vessel.
		The PA traverses the popliteal fossa from the opening of the adductor magnus and then descends laterally to the intercondylar fossa, inclining obliquely to the distal border of the popliteus.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3767/is_200303/ai_n9166994 (1478 words)

	Clinical Evaluation and MR Imaging Features of Popliteal Artery Entrapment and Cystic Adventitial Disease -- Elias et ...
		— Classification of popliteal artery entrapment (as adapted from [1]).
		Popliteal artery entrapment and cystic adventitial disease are
		Adventitial cyst of the popliteal artery: CT-guided percutaneous aspira tion.
	www.ajronline.org /cgi/content/full/180/3/627 (2407 words)

	Popliteal artery -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In fact, the trifurcation is a misnomer as the anterior tibial artery branches off the end of the popliteal artery first.
		The resultant trunk which then splits into the posterior tibial and peroneal arteries is called, sensibly, the tibioperoneal trunk.
		Interestingly, the popliteal artery is derived from the fetal sciatic artery, a completely different system than the femoral artery which feeds it in the fully-formed human.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/popliteal_artery.htm (74 words)

	SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY PSEUDOANEURYSM SECONDARY TO BONE EXOSTOSES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Aneurysm of the popliteal artery, secondary to trauma from an osteochondroma of the femur: a case report and review of the literature.
		Popliteal pseudoaneurysm as a complication of an adjacent osteochondroma: angiographic diagnosis.
		Denman FR, Shindler TO, Hampton J, Hanson L. Aneurysm of the popliteal artery caused by osteochondroma of the femur.
	www.kfshrc.edu.sa /annals/184/97-338.html (926 words)

	Veins1.com - Popliteal Artery Embolectomy
		Popliteal artery embolectomy is the removal of a blood clot that has blocked blood flow to the leg and foot.
		The popliteal artery is located behind the knee; the heart is the usual source of the blood clot.
		Popliteal artery embolectomy is performed to restore normal blood circulation to the legs.
	www.veins1.com /care/procedure20.cfm/12 (169 words)

	Mucoid degeneration of the brachial artery
		It is most often described in the popliteal artery and is characterised by a mucinous cyst located in the adventitia of the artery, the contents of which resemble those of a ganglion.
		The continuity of the brachial artery was later restored using an interposition reversed long saphenous vein graft, with restoration of both the radial and the ulnar arterial pulses at the wrist.
		Adventitial cyst of the popliteal artery: CT-guided percutaneous aspiration.
	www.rcsed.ac.uk /journal/vol44_2/4420014.htm (2344 words)

	Popliteal Artery Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment -- Wright et al. 24 (2): 467 -- RadioGraphics
		Incidence of femoral and popliteal artery aneurysms in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms.
		Acute embolic occlusions of the infrainguinal arteries: percutaneous aspiration embolectomy in 102 patients.
		Adventitial cystic disease of the popliteal artery: failure of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty as a therapeutic modality.
	radiographics.rsnajnls.org /cgi/content/full/24/2/467 (5531 words)

	ArtAssist - Abstracts
		Interventions: Popliteal artery blood flow was measured in the sitting position before, during, and after the application of IPFCC using color flow duplex imaging.
		The interobserver, intraobserver, and between occasion within-subject variability of the popliteal artery blood flow were evaluated in 5 symptom-free volunteers who had at least 5 color flow duplex imaging measurements taken at each of the above time points on 3 different days.
		Since the diameter of the artery was obtained with less than 5% variability, the time average mean velocity was responsible for the high variation in flow.
	www.acimedical.com /abst9.html (422 words)

	Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome in an Elite Rower: Sonographic Appearances -- Rey et al. 23 (12): 1667 -- Journal ...
		In the anterior wall of the middle third of the popliteal artery is a solid hypoechogenic 2-cm mass lesion growing toward the interior of the lumen (arrow), corresponding to a thrombus or an intramural hematoma and occupying 50% of the arterial lumen; the rest of the lumen shows normal color flow.
		Axial T1 projection showing compression of the popliteal artery by the gastrocnemius muscle (white arrow) and a swollen, deformed artery with absence of signal in its interior (fl arrow), corresponding to the thrombus seen on Doppler sonography.
		that the prevalence of anatomic abnormalities of the popliteal
	www.jultrasoundmed.org /cgi/content/full/23/12/1667 (2078 words)

	TRAUMA.ORG: Classic Cases: Popliteal artery transection following blunt knee injury (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The patient was transferred directly to the operating room for exploration of the right popliteal artery.
		The arterial repair was convered with muscle and the wound closed.
		'Confirmation of the safety and accurracy of physical examination in the evaluation of knee dislocation for injury of the popliteal artery: a prospective study.
	www.trauma.org /cases/classic006.html (385 words)

	SVT Publications: JVT
		The mean popliteal artery size for males was.72 cm and for females it was.56 cm.
		The radial artery was evaluated for calcification, stenoses, or wall irregularities by B-mode imaging.
		A periprosthetic leak is a persistent communication between the native arterial circulation and the aneurysm sac after TPEG placement.
	www.svunet.org /publications/jvt.answers.98.htm (1039 words)

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		Within the popliteal fossa, the popliteal artery and vein are surrounded by a vascular sheath.
		Open the vascular sheath and separate the popliteal vein from the underlying popliteal artery.
		The common peroneal and tibial nerves are most superficial, the popliteal vein and its branches are intermediate in position, and the popliteal artery and its branches are most deep and lie adjacent to the femur, tibia, and the knee joint capsule.
	www.med.uc.edu /haonline/lowext/labs/lab14/lab14_9.html (142 words)

	Zebra Card EX-405: can run but not walk
		The Chernoff and Erdoes papers discuss a syndrome of "functional popliteal artery entrapment," wherein no anatomic abnormality such as the other papers discuss, but occluded flow through the artery is still possible during calf muscle contraction.
		Most interesting thing here is a 1973 normal popliteal arteriogram of 33 yo man with 200m claudication, juxtaposed with a 1982 arteriogram showing occlusion of the artery.
		Clinical syndrome of anomalous position of the popliteal artery.
	www.acponline.org /zebra/references/ex/EX-405.html (617 words)

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		POPLITEAL ARTERY (N487): Posterior artery around the knee, the continuation of the Femoral Artery, right after it passes though the Adductor Hiatus.
		Dorsalis Pedis Artery is the continuation of the Anterior Tibial onto the dorsum of the foot.
		POPLITEAL VEIN: May thrombose, for example, during pregnancy, when the External Iliacs are pinched.
	www.ucd.ie /vetanat/ga-subject/h-limb/hl4.html (716 words)

	Gross Anatomy: FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE ANKLE AND FOOT
		The division of the popliteal artery into its terminal branches, the anterior and posterior tibial arteries.
		The pulse of the popliteal artery is difficult to locate but, with practice, can be palpated within the popliteal fossa.
		The short saphenous vein, a cutaneous vein, drains into the popliteal vein in the fossa and the popliteal lymph nodes can also be located near this termination.
	www.upstate.edu /cdb/grossanat/limbs9.shtml (2413 words)

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		The popliteal vein is located between the posterior tibial nerve and the popliteal artery.
		The popliteal artery is represented by a line from the junction of the middle and the lower thirds of the thigh 2.5 cm medial to thA midline of the back of the limb and runs down to the midline between the
		It arises from the popliteal artery opposite the back of the knee joint, pierces the oblique popliteal ligament and supplies the cruciate ligaments and the synovial membrane of the knee joint.
	www.kumc.edu /research/medicine/pharmacology/CAI/webCAI/anatomy/lw06.wbc (904 words)

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