Infrapatellar fat pad

Infrapatellar fat pad
Cross section of the human knee
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Identifiers
LatinCorpus adiposum infrapatellare
TA98A03.6.08.018
TA21908
FMA58772
Anatomical terminology

The infrapatellar fat pad (Hoffa's fat pad) is a cylindrical piece of fat that is situated inferior and posterior to the patella bone within the knee, intervening between the patellar ligament and synovial fold of the knee joint.

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