Knee anatomy - the patella
Submitted by admin on January 19, 2008 - 10:43pm.
The patella bone lies within the substance of the tendon of the quadriceps muscle and is in contact with the femur bone behind it.
This is the area where the patella comes into contact with the underlying femur bone is called the 'patello-femoral' joint. The red circles below show two different views of the patello-femoral jointindicate the patello-femoral joint. |
Here, in the left image one is looking at the front of the bent knee. In the right image one is looking at the straightened knee from the side.
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