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              Identification
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| Official Latin term | 
                arteria poplitea (par)  
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| Official subsidiary term | 
                popliteal artery (pair)  
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| Unit identifier | TAH:U4373 | 
| Unit type | pair | 
| Materiality | material | 
               
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              Taxonomic definition
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| Taxonomic definition | 
                A popliteal artery    is a branch of external iliac artery   [ramus arteriae iliacae externae  ] which is the direct extension of the femoral artery [arteria femoralis  ] and passes behind the knee [genu  ] into the popliteal fossa [fossa poplitea genus  ].
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              Partonomy
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| TAH:E10200 | 
                 corpus humanum   
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| TAH:U3568 | |
| TAH:U3725 | |
| TAH:U4339 | |
| TAH:U4373 | 
                 arteria poplitea (par)   UOV
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| TAH:U4374 | |
| TAH:U4375 | |
| TAH:U4376 | |
| TAH:U4377 | |
| TAH:U4378 | |
| TAH:U4379 | |
| TAH:U4380 | |
| TAH:U4381 | 
| Total | 
                 
                  8 children
                 
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              Taxonomy
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| FMA:62955 | |
| FMA:61775 | |
| FMA:67165 | |
| FMA:305751 | |
| FMA:67135 | |
| FMA:82472 | |
| FMA:67619 | |
| FMA:86140 | |
| FMA:306412 | |
| FMA:50722 | |
| FMA:312599 | |
| FMA:86187 | |
| FMA:50720 | |
| FMA:66464 | |
| FMA:69458 | |
| FMA:77155 | 
                 arteria poplitea  
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| Date: 21.06.2025 |