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<br/>1. The boundaries of the fossa as shown below. 
1. The boundaries of the fossa as shown below.
<br/>2. The roof of the fossa is formed by the Fascia Lata. 
<br/>2. The roof of the fossa is formed by the Fascia Lata.  
<br/>3. The floor (from above downwards) - femur => capsule of knee joint => popliteus. 
<br/>3. The floor (from above downwards) - femur =&gt; capsule of knee joint =&gt; popliteus.
<br/>4. The common peroneal nerve emerges from the lower lateral boundary. 
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<br/>4. The common peroneal nerve emerges from the lower lateral boundary.
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<br/><b>Image:</b> Dr. Mohammad Mahmoud [Public domain], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sobo_1909_573-574.png via Wikimedia Commons] [Accessed 7 Apr. 2019].
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<br/><b>Image:</b> Dr. Mohammad Mahmoud [Public domain], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sobo_1909_573-574.png via Wikimedia Commons] [Accessed 7 Apr. 2019].
 


==Reference(s)==
==Reference(s)==

Latest revision as of 11:29, 1 January 2023

SUMMARY

1. The boundaries of the fossa as shown below.
2. The roof of the fossa is formed by the Fascia Lata.
3. The floor (from above downwards) - femur => capsule of knee joint => popliteus.

4. The common peroneal nerve emerges from the lower lateral boundary.
Paste-7593502180023.jpg

Image: Dr. Mohammad Mahmoud [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons [Accessed 7 Apr. 2019].


Reference(s)

R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.