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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
:
AB
abnormalities
AH
anatomy & histology
BS
blood supply
CH
chemistry
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IN
injuries
IR
innervation
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PH
physiology
PP
physiopathology
RE
radiation effects
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
SE
secretion
SU
surgery
TR
transplantation
US
ultrasonography
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
31206
Unique Identifier:
D017847
Occurrence in VHL
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