English
Etymology
From Late Latin, see poples.
Noun
popliteus (plural poplitei)
- (anatomy) A small muscle at the back of the knee that aids in bending the knee and in the rotation of the lower leg.
Derived terms
Translations
area behind the knee
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 膕肌 / 腘肌 (zh) (guójī)
- Danish: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: wade (nl) f
- Finnish: polvitaivelihas
- French: muscle poplité (fr) m
- German: Kniekehlenmuskel m
- Greek: ιγνύα (el) f (ignýa)
- Ancient: κώληψ f (kṓlēps), ἰγνύα f (ignúa)
- Japanese: 膝窩筋 (shikkakin)
- Polish: mięsień podkolanowy m
- Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: подколе́нная мы́шца f (podkolénnaja mýšca)
- Swedish: popliteus
- Tamil: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
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