KNEE-PATELLAR STABILITY
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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.
