popliteal
Example Sentences
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The Wolffs allege that Wang actually cut the popliteal artery, which is the main supplier of blood to the knee and lower leg.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025
Chen, however, told Lisa Wolff that her husband’s lower leg was ischemic and had received no blood due to Wang’s cauterization of the popliteal artery.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025
The team said the operation on the 24-year-old from Plano, Texas, took place at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Parks’ popliteal artery.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021
The posterior tibial vein drains the posterior surface of the tibia and joins the popliteal vein.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
A gentleman in Edinburgh was affected with aneurism of the popliteal artery, for which he was under the care of two eminent surgeons, and the day was fixed for the operation.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
