Muscular system
Lateral patellar retinaculum
Retinaculum laterale patellae
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Anterior compartment of thigh
DescriptionUnreviewed
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.
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Names
- Latin
- Retinaculum laterale patellae
- English
- Lateral patellar retinaculum
- French
- Rétinaculum patellaire latéral
- Spanish
- Retináculo patelar lateral
- Portuguese
- Retináculo patelar lateral