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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. | ||
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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]. | ||
==Reference(s)== | ==Reference(s)== | ||
Revision as of 08:38, 30 December 2022
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.
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.
