Quadriceps tendon

Last revised by Frank Gaillard on 31 Mar 2021

The quadriceps tendon is a thick tendon extending to the patella made up of contributions from all four quadriceps muscles. It classically has a trilaminar structure:

It continues distal to the patella as the patellar tendon.

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