alerón externo rotuliano

English translation: lateral retinaculum

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Spanish term or phrase: alerón externo rotuliano
English translation:lateral retinaculum
Entered by: Eileen Brophy

16:27 Mar 4, 2012
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Investigation
Spanish term or phrase: alerón externo rotuliano
This is part of a clinical trial about Arthrosis. The context is : La aguja (18G) penetrará por la cara lateral, alerón externo rotuliano con el fin de que la aguja quede en el nivel anterior femoropatelar verificando que la aguja entra sin dolor.
Eileen Brophy
Spain
Local time: 03:34
lateral retinaculum
Explanation:
"Alerón" is a beautifully descriptive term! You'll sometimes find this structure translated as the "lateral wing" in texts written by native speakers of Spanish, so that's one trap to avoid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_retinaculum

(See e.g. http://www.slideshare.net/underwear69/luxaciones-de-la-rtula... slide 6, for a clear image).
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Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
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Local time: 22:34
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4 +2lateral retinaculum
Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
4lateral border of the patella
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alerón externo rotuliano
lateral retinaculum


Explanation:
"Alerón" is a beautifully descriptive term! You'll sometimes find this structure translated as the "lateral wing" in texts written by native speakers of Spanish, so that's one trap to avoid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_retinaculum

(See e.g. http://www.slideshare.net/underwear69/luxaciones-de-la-rtula... slide 6, for a clear image).

Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
Brazil
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agree  liz askew: Cuadernos de Artroscopia - Vol 4 - Num. 2- Octubre 97 www.aeartroscopia.com/cuartro/n2.../3142o97.ht... - Translate this page Revisamos 49 liberaciones del alerón rotuliano externo por vía artroscópica. ... Our experience in the arthroscopic release of th
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lateral border of the patella


Explanation:
The vastus intermedialis muscle is attached to the base of patella. The vastus lateralis and vastus medialis are attached to lateral and medial borders of patella

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anatomy:
- lateral retinaculum consists of two layers;
- superficial oblique layer;
- extends from the IT band to the lateral border of the patella and patellar tendon;
- transverse retinaculum:
- extends from the undersurface of the IT band to the lateral patellar border;

Carlos Sorzano
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Reference information:
Cuadernos de Artroscopia - Vol 4 - Num. 2- Octubre 97
www.aeartroscopia.com/cuartro/n2.../3142o97.ht... - Translate this page
Revisamos 49 liberaciones del alerón rotuliano externo por vía artroscópica. ... Our experience in the arthroscopic release of the lateral patellar retinaculum.

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Illustration - Knee joint - anatomyEXPERT - Structure Detail
www.anatomyexpert.com/structure_detail/15493/The lateral patellar retinaculum forms as a junction of the fibrous capsule of the knee joint as it blends with an expansion from the patellar tendon and together ...

liz askew
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