popliteal artery

artery in the popliteal fossa, originating from the femoral artery and branching into the common tibial artery and the fibular artery
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popliteal artery

Summary

popliteal artery is an artery[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of artery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • popliteal artery's image is recorded as Popliteal artery.png[3].
  • popliteal artery's instance of is recorded as artery[4].
  • popliteal artery's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[5].
  • popliteal artery's subclass of is recorded as subdivision of external iliac artery[6].
  • popliteal artery's subclass of is recorded as particular anatomical entity[7].
  • popliteal artery's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D011150[8].
  • popliteal artery's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03r1zh[9].
  • popliteal artery's MeSH tree code is recorded as A07.015.114.681[10].
  • popliteal artery's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A12.2.16.033[11].
  • popliteal artery's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[12].
  • popliteal artery's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 77155[13].
  • popliteal artery's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/popliteal-artery[14].
  • popliteal artery's UBERON ID is recorded as 0002250[15].
  • popliteal artery's connects with is recorded as superior genicular arteries[16].
  • popliteal artery's connects with is recorded as middle genicular artery[17].
  • popliteal artery's connects with is recorded as inferior genicular arteries[18].
  • popliteal artery's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0032649[19].
  • popliteal artery's anatomical branch of is recorded as femoral artery[20].
  • popliteal artery's has anatomical branch is recorded as superior lateral genicular artery[21].
  • popliteal artery's has anatomical branch is recorded as Superior medial genicular artery[22].
  • popliteal artery's has anatomical branch is recorded as middle genicular artery[23].
  • popliteal artery's has anatomical branch is recorded as sural arteries[24].
  • popliteal artery's has anatomical branch is recorded as inferior lateral genicular artery[25].
  • popliteal artery's has anatomical branch is recorded as inferior medial genicular artery[26].
  • popliteal artery's has anatomical branch is recorded as anterior tibial artery[27].

Why It Matters

popliteal artery ranks in the top 6% of artery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . ncithesaurus.nci.nih.gov. ncithesaurus.nci.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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