Lane Medical Library

Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Dissection of knee

Capsule, ligaments and arteries of right knee, medial view

Image #190-3

KEYWORDS: Knee, Muscles and tendons.

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Dissection of knee
Capsule, ligaments and arteries of right knee, medial view
1 . Body of femur
2 . Tendon of quadriceps muscle
3 . Suprapatellar bursa (opened)
4 . Patella
5 . Articular capsule genus
6 . Medial patellar retinaculum (cut off)
7 . Patellar ligament
8 . Tibial tuberosity
9 . Popliteal artery
10 . Muscular branch of popliteal artery
11 . Medial superior genicular artery (passing into rete articulare genus)
12 . Branch of descending genicular artery
13 . Medial condyle of femur
14 . Collateral ligament of tibia
15 . Medial condyle of tibia
16 . Tendons of insertion of sartorius, gracilis and semitendinosus muscles
17 . Body of fibula
18 . Posterior tibial artery