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fossa
(redirected from Popliteal fossa)

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fossa [′fäs·ə]
(anatomy)
A pit or depression.
(vertebrate zoology)
Cryptoprocta ferox.A Madagascan carnivore related to the civets.


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7 point stimulator([double dagger]) was used to map the course of the tibial nerve in the popliteal fossa.
2] Meditrace silver-silver chloride disposable electrocardiographic (ECG) surface electrode,(dagger) was positioned in the popliteal fossa over the tibial nerve following localization of the nerve using a hand-held electrode probe.
The other pair of electrodes was placed over the left tibial nerve in the popliteal fossa, with one electrode above and one electrode below the knee joint line.
 
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