popliteal fossa

S2 - At the midpoint of the popliteal fossa.

The bones of the popliteal fossa are the femur and the tibia.

Structures within the popliteal fossa include, (from superficial to deep):

(with John Hunter's procedure for aneurysm of the popliteal fossa).

The posterior region ends distally before the popliteal fossa.

The tibial nerve passes through the popliteal fossa to pass below the arch of soleus.

The pit at the back of the knee, known anatomically as the popliteal fossa, is colloquially called the ham.

Palpating the popliteal fossa one can feal hardenings of the local tendons by moving one's fingers.

It is of note that the common fibular nerve also begins at the superior angle of the popliteal fossa.

Berlinghieri was the first surgeon in Italy to perform Hunter's procedure for aneurysms of the popliteal fossa.

The lowest (often referred to as the adductor hiatus) is large, and transmits the femoral vessels to the popliteal fossa.

As the common fibular nerve exits the popliteal fossa, it courses around the lateral aspect of the leg just below the head of the fibula.

The popliteal artery extends from the femoral artery behind the popliteal fossa which is the space behind the knee.

The oblique popliteal ligament forms part of the floor of the popliteal fossa, and the popliteal artery rests upon it.

The popliteal lymph nodes, small in size and some six or seven in number, are embedded in the fat contained in the popliteal fossa.

The fabella sign is displacement of the fabella that is seen in cases of synovial effusion and popliteal fossa masses.

Behind, it forms the popliteal fascia, covering in the popliteal fossa; here it is strengthened by transverse fibers, and perforated by the small saphenous vein.

It descends obliquely along the lateral side of the popliteal fossa to the head of the fibula, close to the medial margin of the biceps femoris muscle.

On the back of the knee the popliteal artery runs through the popliteal fossa to the popliteal muscle where it divides into anterior and posterior tibial arteries.

In the popliteal fossa the nerve gives off branches to gastrocnemius, popliteus, soleus and plantaris muscles, an articular branch to the knee joint, and a cutaneous branch that will become the sural nerve.

The adductor hiatus is a hiatus (gap) between the adductor magnus muscle and the femur that allows the passage of the femoral vessels from the anterior thigh to the posterior thigh and then the popliteal fossa.

The nerve then runs straight down the back of the leg, through the popliteal fossa to supply the ankle flexors on the back of the lower leg and then continues down to supply all the muscles in the sole of the foot.

The blood supply to the fibula is derived primarily from the peroneal artery, which branches from the popliteal or posterior tibial at the trifurcation point of the posterior tibial, anterior tibial, and peroneal just distal to the popliteal fossa.

An alternative approach to maximising your vertical jump, which is often used by professional sportspeople in the United States of America, is to rub deep heat, or a substitute cream, onto the back of your knee (your popliteal fossa) in order to loosen the primary jumping muscles.

The main part to the back of the thigh and leg consists of numerous filaments derived from both sides of the nerve, and distributed to the skin covering the back and medial side of the thigh, the popliteal fossa, and the upper part of the back of the leg.