Lateral aspect of right leg.
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The popliteal fossa is a space or shallow depression located at the back of the knee-joint.
The bones of the popliteal fossa are the femur and the tibia. The boundaries of the fossa are: superior and medial, the semitendinosus muscle; inferior and medial, the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle; superior and lateral, the biceps femoris muscle; inferior and lateral, the lateral head of the gastrocnemius muscle.
