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popliteus [päp′lid·ē·əs]

(anatomy)

The ham or hinder part of the knee joint.

A muscle on the back of the knee joint.

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No references found			Garnett's pain, Rivers said, is caused by a different injury, a strained popliteus tendon in the back of his right knee that the team thought would heal with rest. Baby steps up; Davis replaces KG in lineup for Game 1 by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) The popliteus tendon also contributes to lateral stability and should be evaluated for injury on knee MRI, but will not be discussed further in this article. Imaging the knee: ligaments by Nissman, Daniel B.; Hobbs, R. Hal; Pope, Thomas L.; Geier, C. David, Jr.; Conway, William F. / Applied Radiology 7,8 It also functions to resist external rotation with the knee near extension, whereas the popliteus complex and popliteofibular ligament have more important roles in resisting external rotation with increasing knee flexion. Isolated rupture of the lateral collateral ligament during yoga ... by S C Patel and D A Parker / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery			Popigai popinjay popish Popish Plot POPJ Popkov, Petr Popkov, Petr Sergeevich Popkov, Valerii Popkov, Valerii Ivanovich Popkov, Viktor Popkov, Viktor Efimovich Popkov, Vitalii Popkov, Vitalii Ivanovich poplar Poplar Bluff Poplavskii, Stanislav Poplavskii, Stanislav Giliarovich Pople, Sir John Anthony POPLER Poplevinskii Poplin popliteal artery popliteal nerve popliteal space popliteal vein popliteus POPLOG POPLOG ML Popocatepetl Popocatépetl Popok, Iakov Popok, Iakov Abramovich Popol Vuh Popolani Popolari popolo Popolo Grasso Popolo Minuto Popolo, Il popout Popov Popov's stability criterion Popov, Aleksandr Popov, Aleksandr Nikiforovich Popov, Aleksandr Nikolaevich Popov, Aleksandr Stepanovich Popov, Aleksei Popov, Aleksei Dmitrievich Popov, Andrei Popov, Andrei Aleksandrovich Popov, Andrei Alekseevich			popliteal lymph node popliteal lymph node popliteal lymph node assay Popliteal Lymph Node Cells Popliteal Lymph Node Enlargement popliteal muscle popliteal muscle popliteal muscle Popliteal nerve Popliteal nerve popliteal nerve, external popliteal nerve, external popliteal nerve, external popliteal nerve, external popliteal node Popliteal pterygium syndrome Popliteal pterygium syndrome popliteal pulse popliteal pulse popliteal pulse popliteal pulse popliteal regional block anesthesia Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block popliteal space popliteal tendon transposition popliteal tendon transposition popliteal vein popliteal vein popliteal vein Popliteal web syndrome popliteus Popliteus muscle Popliteus muscle Poplitic Poplock Poplock Poplock Poplocking Poplocking Poplocking Poplog POPLOG ML Poplog programming environment Poplog programming language POPM POPMAN popmobility Popmusic PopMV Popo Popocatapetl Popocatapetl Popocatepeti Popocatepeti Popocatepetl Popocatepetl Popocatepetl Popocatepétl Popocatepétl Popocatépetl Popocatépetl

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