The patella’s medial facet (the side closer to the inside of your body) articulates (moves) with your femur’s medial condyle. The lateral facet (the side closer to the outside of your body) moves with your femur’s lateral condyle.

2023年1月3日 · The posterior surface of the patella articulates with the femur, and is marked by two facets: Medial facet – articulates with the medial condyle of the femur. Lateral facet – articulates with the lateral condyle of the femur.

2021年12月2日 · Patella is a thick, flat, triangular bone, having concave anterior and convex posterior surfaces. The posterior surface articulates with the femur and is marked by two shallow depressions or facets, medial and lateral.

2024年7月20日 · The medial and lateral facets of the patella are covered in hyaline cartilage and articulate with the medial and lateral condyles of the femur, respectively, to form the patellofemoral component of the knee joint.

It presents above a smooth, oval, articular area, divided into two facets by a vertical ridge; the ridge corresponds to the groove on the patellar surface of the femur, and the facets to the medial and lateral parts of the same surface; the lateral facet is the broader and deeper.

2024年9月9日 · The patellofemoral joint is a synovial planar joint between the condyles of the femur and the articular surface of the patella. It is part of the knee joint. Suprapatellar, prepatellar, deep and subcutaneous infrapatellar, semimembranosus and subsartorial bursa and …

The articular surface of patella refers to the upper three-fourth of its posterior surface. It is divided by a vertical ridge into a larger lateral and a smaller medial part.

The articular (posterior) surface of the patella is the smooth, concave area on the inner aspect of the bone. It consists of a vertical ridge, which divides it into unequal medial and lateral articular facets.

- articular surface of patella, varying in thickness from approximately 2 to 5.5 mm, is divided into 7 fascets; - medial and lateral facets are divided into = 1/3 sections; - superiorly and inferiorly, with the 7th facet being the most medial portion called the odd facet;

2024年1月11日 · Patellofemoral Joint, the anterior part of the knee, is formed by articulation between posterior surface of patella and anterior trochlear groove of the femur.