popliteus muscle

muscle responsible for unlocking the knees during walking
AnatomicalStructure class_of_anatomical_entity Q1308051
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popliteus muscle

Summary

popliteus muscle is a class of anatomical entity[1]. It draws 102 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #309 of 1,372).[2]

Key Facts

  • popliteus muscle's image is recorded as Popliteus muscle -animation.gif[3].
  • popliteus muscle's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[4].
  • popliteus muscle's instance of is recorded as chiral muscle organ type[5].
  • popliteus muscle's subclass of is recorded as deep muscle of posterior compartment of leg[6].
  • popliteus muscle's subclass of is recorded as particular anatomical entity[7].
  • popliteus muscle's part of is recorded as deep part of posterior compartment of leg[8].
  • popliteus muscle's Commons category is recorded as Popliteus muscles[9].
  • popliteus muscle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08mqg_[10].
  • popliteus muscle's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A04.7.02.050[11].
  • popliteus muscle's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[12].
  • popliteus muscle's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 22590[13].
  • popliteus muscle's UBERON ID is recorded as 0001391[14].
  • popliteus muscle's connects with is recorded as subpopliteal recess[15].
  • popliteus muscle's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0224457[16].
  • popliteus muscle's innervated by is recorded as nerve to popliteus[17].
  • popliteus muscle's muscle action is recorded as flexion of the knee joint[18].
  • popliteus muscle's muscle action is recorded as medial rotation of the tibia at the knee joint[19].
  • popliteus muscle's WikiSkripta article ID is recorded as 22899[20].
  • popliteus muscle's muscle origin is recorded as groove for popliteus[21].
  • popliteus muscle's muscle insertion is recorded as posterior surface of tibia[22].
  • popliteus muscle's GPnotebook ID is recorded as 93978702[23].
  • popliteus muscle's TA98 Latin term is recorded as m. popliteus[24].
  • popliteus muscle's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778757956[25].
  • popliteus muscle's TA2 ID is recorded as 2665[26].
  • popliteus muscle's ICD-11 ID is recorded as XA8CL8[27].

Why It Matters

popliteus muscle draws 102 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #309 of 1,372).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 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] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Anatomy and Human Movement Structure and Function 6th edition. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . unifr.ch. unifr.ch. Provenance: 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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