Mechanical variations, such as excessive femoral anterversion, genu valgum or external tibial torsion, can increase the lateralization of the tibial tubercle and contribute to patellar instability.

Conclusions: Although uncommon, spinal TB still occurs in patients from developed countries, ... The tubercle bacillus begins its destruction in cancellous bone and eventually extends to the cortex.

There are two layers of inguinal lymph nodes located below the inguinal ligament, which runs from the ilium's anterior superior iliac spine (the front-most portion of the ilium, the largest pelvic ...

The outer ring of spine muscle attaches here. In many cases the muscle attachment area is much wider and better developed to one side of the tubercle, and in those cases the power-stroke of the spine ...

A single spine is divisible into three parts, a long shaft, a short neck and a base.The concave articulation surface that attaches onto the mamelon of the tubercle is called the acetabulum, and this ...