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Preferred Name

Popliteal Fossa
Synonyms

popliteal fossa

POPLITEAL FOSSA

Popliteal Fossa Structure

popliteal area

Popliteal Fossa

Definitions

A diamond-shaped depression located in the back of the knee joint.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C103222

ALT_DEFINITION

A depression on the ventral side of the femur, at the knee joint, between the condyles.

A diamond-shaped depression located in the back of the knee joint bounded by the medial and lateral heads of the gastrocnemius muscle, the semimembranosus muscle, and the biceps femoris.

code

C103222

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C157711

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C198975

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C74456

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C177537

Contributing_Source

CDISC

GDC

UBERON

DEFINITION

A diamond-shaped depression located in the back of the knee joint.

FULL_SYN

popliteal fossa

POPLITEAL FOSSA

Popliteal Fossa Structure

popliteal area

Popliteal Fossa

Is_Value_For_GDC_Property

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C70729

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C171435

label

Popliteal Fossa

Maps_To

Popliteal Fossa

Preferred_Name

Popliteal Fossa

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C103222

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0230436

xRef

UBERON:0013069

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C34007

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