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3 factors that prevent the lateral dislocation of the patella:
3 factors that prevent the lateral dislocation of the patella:
<br/>1. Bony - prominence of the lateral femoral condyle. 
<br/>1. Bony - prominence of the lateral femoral condyle.  
<br/>2. Muscular - lowest fibers of the vastus medialis. 
<br/>2. Muscular - lowest fibers of the vastus medialis.  
<br/>3. Ligamentous - tension of the medial patellar retinaculum. 
<br/>3. Ligamentous - tension of the medial patellar retinaculum.  
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<br/>[[Image:658px-Knee_diagram.svg.png]]
<br/>[[Image:658px-Knee_diagram.svg.png]]
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<br/><b>Image:</b> Mysid [Public domain], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knee_diagram.svg via Wikimedia Commons] [Accessed 13 Apr. 2019].
<br/><b>Image:</b> Mysid [Public domain], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knee_diagram.svg via Wikimedia Commons] [Accessed 13 Apr. 2019].





Latest revision as of 11:29, 1 January 2023

SUMMARY

3 factors that prevent the lateral dislocation of the patella:
1. Bony - prominence of the lateral femoral condyle.
2. Muscular - lowest fibers of the vastus medialis.
3. Ligamentous - tension of the medial patellar retinaculum.

658px-Knee diagram.svg.png

Image: Mysid [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons [Accessed 13 Apr. 2019].


Reference(s)

R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.