. Text-book of anatomy and physiology for nurses. A. B. Fig. 59.—Left Patella. A , Anterior Surface, B, Posterior Surface.—(Morris.) Patella. The patella is the largest sesamoid bone. It is triangular inshape, placed in front of the knee-joint, and held to the tuber-osity of the tibia by a strong band about three inches long—theso-called ligament of the patella. Its location while the body iserect is in front of the condyles of the femur, but in the sittingposition it is in front of the lower ends of the condyles, and in kneelingit is beneath them, ARTICULATIONS OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY. Hip-joi
. Text-book of anatomy and physiology for nurses. A. B. Fig. 59.—Left Patella. A , Anterior Surface, B, Posterior Surface.—(Morris.) Patella. The patella is the largest sesamoid bone. It is triangular inshape, placed in front of the knee-joint, and held to the tuber-osity of the tibia by a strong band about three inches long—theso-called ligament of the patella. Its location while the body iserect is in front of the condyles of the femur, but in the sittingposition it is in front of the lower ends of the condyles, and in kneelingit is beneath them, ARTICULATIONS OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY. Hip-joint (ball-and-socket joint {Enar thro sis), Fig. 60).^Articular surfaces: head of the femur, and the acetahdum deepenedby the glenoid rim of the acetabulum (a rim of fibro-cartilage).The bones are directly connected by the ligamentum teres (or roundligament) within the joint, which is attached by one extremity near 64 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FOR NURSES.
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