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popliteal vein
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | popliteal vein - a vein arising in the knee and ascending to become the femoral veinvena popliteavein, vena, venous blood vessel - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood" |
popliteal vein
popliteal vein[päp′lid·ē·əl ′vān] (anatomy) A vein passing through the popliteal space, formed by merging of the tibial veins and continuing to become the femoral vein. popliteal vein
pop·lit·e·al vein [TA] formed at the lower border of the popliteus muscle by the union of the anterior and posterior tibial veins, ascends through the popliteal space where it receives the lesser saphenous vein and passes through the adductor hiatus, entering the adductor canal as the femoral vein. Synonym(s): vena poplitea [TA]pop·lit·e·al vein (pop-lit'ē-ăl vān) [TA] Formed at the lower border of the popliteus muscle by the union of the anterior and posterior tibial veins, ascends through the popliteal space, where it receives the lesser saphenous vein and passes through the adductor hiatus, entering the adductor canal as the femoral vein. popliteal veinThe vein that accompanies the popliteal artery. It is formed by the merger of the anterior and posterior tibial veins, and it ends by becoming the femoral vein at the distal opening of the adductor canal. The short saphenous vein is a major tributary of the popliteal vein. See also: veinpopliteal vein
Synonyms for popliteal veinnoun a vein arising in the knee and ascending to become the femoral veinSynonymsRelated Words- vein
- vena
- venous blood vessel
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