http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/taxonomy/term/176 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/node/1800 <h1>The patella - important anatomical relationships</h1> <p><img src="../../../../assets/images/rectus-femoris02a.jpg" alt="rectus femoris muscle" align="right" vspace="10" width="227" height="288" hspace="35" /> <p>The patella is a bone within a tendon - the tendon of the long quadriceps muscle that spans the region from the hip to the shinbone. The illustration on the right shows one part of the quadriceps muscle (the rectur femoris part) and you can see the patella within its tendon just at the knee joint.</p> <p><a href="http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/node/1800">read more</a></p> http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/node/1800#comments extensor mechanism fat pad MPFL patellar tendon q angle quads tendon rectus femoris tibial tubercle VMO Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:24:14 -0700 admin 1800 at http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/VMO <p><a href="http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/VMO">read more</a></p> http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/VMO#comments VMO Mon, 05 May 2008 13:42:09 -0700 admin 1634 at http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/vastus-medialis-obliquus <p><a href="http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/vastus-medialis-obliquus">read more</a></p> http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/vastus-medialis-obliquus#comments muscles quadriceps vastus medialis obliquus VMO Mon, 05 May 2008 13:40:41 -0700 admin 1632 at http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes