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Descriptor
English
:
Patellar Ligament
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Ligamento Rotuliano
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Ligamento Patelar
Synonyms
English
:
Ligamentum Patellae
Patellar Tendon
Tree Number:
A02.513.514.475
A02.835.583.512.475
A02.880.438
Definition
English
:
A band of fibrous tissue that attaches the apex of the
PATELLA
to the lower part of the tubercle of the
TIBIA
. The ligament is actually the caudal continuation of the common tendon of the QUADRICEPS FEMORIS. The
patella
is embedded in that tendon. As such, the
patellar ligament
can be thought of as connecting the quadriceps femoris tendon to the
tibia
, and therefore it is sometimes called the patellar tendon.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
an articular ligament between
patella
&
tibia
: do not confuse with MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT,
KNEE
, between
tibia
&
femur
See Related
English
:
Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Medial Collateral Ligament, Knee
Posterior Cruciate Ligament
History Note
English
:
94
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
abnormalities
anatomy & histology
blood supply
chemistry
cytology
drug effects
embryology
enzymology
growth & development
immunology
injuries
innervation
metabolism
microbiology
pathology
physiology
physiopathology
parasitology
radiography
radiation effects
radionuclide imaging
secretion
surgery
transplantation
ultrastructure
ultrasonography
virology
Record Number:
31206
Unique Identifier:
D017847
Occurrence in VHL
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