Popliteal lymph nodes
Lymphonodi poplitei
Filters lymph from the whole of the limb below the stifle.
About the popliteal lymph nodes of the dog
Popliteal lymph nodes is a lymph of the back leg (pelvic limb), on the left side. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Lymphonodi poplitei. You can turn it above, see it in place in the back leg of the dog, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- Popliteal fossa behind the stifle, in fat between the hamstring muscles.
- Action
- Filters lymph from the whole of the limb below the stifle.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the dog; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Popliteal lymph nodes
- Latin (NAV)
- Lymphonodi poplitei
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the popliteal lymph nodes
- What is the Latin name of the popliteal lymph nodes?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the popliteal lymph nodes is called Lymphonodi poplitei.
- Where is the popliteal lymph nodes of the dog?
- Popliteal lymph nodes is a lymph of the back leg (pelvic limb), on the left side.
See the popliteal lymph nodes inside the whole dog.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the dog around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
