popliteus muscle in dogs

The popliteus muscle in the leg is used to unlock the knee by laterally rotating the femur on the tibia during a closed chain movement (such as one with the foot in contact with the ground). [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the popliteus muscle is

The popliteus muscle in the leg is used to unlock the knee by laterally rotating the femur on the tibia during a closed chain movement (such as one with the foot in contact with the ground). [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a muscle at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the popliteus muscle is

It sits in the hindlimb, within the muscular system. Only the region is known. The position shown is somewhere plausible inside it and nothing more.

What the popliteus muscle connects to

The atlas records 3 typed relationships for it, across 3 kinds of connection. a kind of muscle of leg.

Supply and innervation

Innervation: tibial nerve.

Also called

Also recorded as m.popliteus, poplitea, popliteal, popliteal muscle, popliteus and musculus popliteus. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001391, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• A kind of: muscle of leg.
• Innervated by: tibial nerve.
• originates from: tibia.

Questions

Where is the popliteus muscle?

It sits in the hindlimb, within the muscular system. Only the region is known. The position shown is somewhere plausible inside it and nothing more.

What does the popliteus muscle connect to?

A kind of: muscle of leg.

Is the popliteus muscle the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.