National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Popliteal Artery

Synonyms

Popliteal Artery

POPLITEAL ARTERY

Definitions

A continuation of the femoral artery that descends behind the knee joint before branching into the anterior and posterior tibial arteries.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33337

ALT_DEFINITION

One of the arteries of the leg; in general it arises from the femoral artery and descends behind the knee joint before branching into the anterior and posterior tibial arteries.

code

C33337

Concept_In_Subset

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

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#C74456

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A continuation of the femoral artery that descends behind the knee joint before branching into the anterior and posterior tibial arteries.

FULL_SYN

Popliteal Artery

POPLITEAL ARTERY

label

Popliteal Artery

Legacy Concept Name

Popliteal_Artery

Preferred_Name

Popliteal Artery

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C33337

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0032649

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12372

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