Henry Gray (18251861). Anatomy of the Human Body. 1918. fossa.
One lies immediately beneath the popliteal fascia, near the
terminal part of the small saphenous vein, and drains the region
from which this vein derives its tributaries. Another is placed
between the popliteal artery and the posterior surface of the
knee-joint; it receives the lymphatic vessels from the knee-
joint together with those which accompany the genicular
arteries. The others lie at the sides of the popliteal vessels,
and receive as efferents the trunks which accompany the anterior
and posterior tibial vessels. The efferents of the popliteal
glands pass almost entirely alongside the femoral vessels to the
deep inguinal glands, but a few may accompany the great
saphenous vein, and end in the glands of the superficial
subinguinal group. The inguinal glands (lymphoglandulæ
inguinales) (Fig. 610), from twelve to twenty in number, are
situated at the upper part of the femoral triangle. They may be
divided into two groups by a horizontal line a