POPLITEAL FOSSA

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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.
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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.