Pes Anserinus: Layered Supportive Structure on the Medial Side of the Knee

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-54

  Mochizuki, Tomoyuki ^a   Akita, Keiichi ^a   Muneta, Takeshi ^a   Sato, Tatsuo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aponeurotic membrane; Fibrous bundles; Knee; Layered supportive structure; Pes anserinus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISSECTION; FASCIA; FEMALE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE; KNEE SURGERY; MALE; MEMBRANE; PES ANSERINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; TENDON;

CADAVER; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS;

EID: 0348225157     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10142     Document Type: Article

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