Knee-joint. 



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181. The Alar Ligaments, Ligament a alaria, of the 



Right Knee-Joint. 



The synovial membrane of the knee-joint sends off, on each side 

 of the patella, two folds (Ligamcnta alaria), which are well supplied with 

 fat, and end in a thin ligamentous band, which runs from the place of 

 insertion of the anterior crucial ligament to the intercondylar fossa of 

 the femur Ligamentvm mucosum. The alar ligaments divide (after Hyrtl) 

 the space in front of the crucial ligaments into three entirely separate 

 ligamentous cavities. 



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