popliteal artery

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   a continuation of the femoral artery that branches to supply the legs and feet

   Synonymsarteria poplitea

   Broaderartery

Questions about popliteal artery

What does popliteal artery mean?

popliteal artery means "a continuation of the femoral artery that branches to supply the legs and feet".

What is another word for popliteal artery?

Close synonyms include arteria poplitea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is popliteal artery a common word?

popliteal artery is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.