Lateral retinaculum: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m →top: WP:CHECKWIKI error fixes using AWB |
m Correcting a link that had been generating a 404 error. Tag: possible conflict of interest |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
==External links== |
==External links== |
||
* [http://www.aafp.org/afp/991101ap/2012.html Patello-femoral Pain Syndrome] {This article has a good image} |
* [http://www.aafp.org/afp/991101ap/2012.html Patello-femoral Pain Syndrome] {This article has a good image} |
||
* [http:// |
* [http://kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/primers/patella/lateral-retinaculum-and-lateral-release The lateral retinaculum and lateral release] |
||
[[Category:Tissues (biology)]] |
[[Category:Tissues (biology)]] |
||
Revision as of 08:11, 4 May 2017
The lateral retinaculum is the fibrous tissue on the lateral (outer) side of the kneecap (patella). The kneecap has both a medial (on the inner aspect) and a lateral (on the outer side) retinaculum, and these help to support the kneecap in its position in relation to the femur bone underneath it.
The lateral retinaculum is an extension of the fibrous 'aponeurosis' of the vastus lateralis muscle (itself a part of the quadriceps muscles making up the 'lap').
External links
- Patello-femoral Pain Syndrome {This article has a good image}
- The lateral retinaculum and lateral release