The popliteal fossa contains several important anatomical ... often associated with arthritis or a knee injury Hamstring Tendonitis - inflammation or irritation of the hamstring tendons that ...

In most instances, the primary cause of the Baker’s cyst is not the popliteal fossa or bursa at all but rather inflammation elsewhere in the knees such as that due to a meniscus tear or arthritis.

The sural nerve originates behind the knee in the popliteal fossa from branches of the tibial ... of the Achilles tendon, goes behind the lateral malleolus of the ankle and along the lateral ...