http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/taxonomy/term/512 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/node/1799 <h1>What's special about the kneecap.</h1> <p>Although it is a bone, the kneecap (patella) is actually contained right within the tendon of the quads muscle. This is very unusual in the body - to find a bone inside a tendon (a 'sesamoid' bone) - and what it means in reality is that any alteration of the direction of forces in the whole quads muscle/tendon/bone complex <em>has to</em> affect the patella.</p> <p><a href="http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/node/1799">read more</a></p> http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/node/1799#comments patella sesamoid bone trochlear groove Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:49:43 -0700 admin 1799 at http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes