| The popliteal is sometimes a continuation not of the femoral but of a sizable ischiadic artery. |
| The popliteal occasionally provides a small saphenous artery that courses with the vein of the same name and the sural nerve to the tarsus. |
| The patient's legs were placed on pillows to bend her knees slightly to prevent peroneal and popliteal nerve damage. |
| Large blood vessels pass through the popliteal space behind the knee. |
| Posteriorly, the head rises to a pointed apex that affords attachment for the arcuate popliteal ligament and, on the lateral side, part of the biceps tendon. |
| Usually, they're located in areas of flexion and extension, such as the neck, antecubital fossa, and popliteal folds, and behind the ears. |
