Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
alerón externo rotuliano
English translation:
lateral retinaculum
Added to glossary by
Eileen Brophy
Mar 4, 2012 16:27
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Spanish term
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Native in: English (Variant: UK)
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alerón externo rotuliano
Spanish to English
Medical
Medical (general)
Investigation
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.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | lateral retinaculum |
Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
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| 4 | lateral border of the patella |
Carlos Sorzano
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Proposed translations
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Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
Brazil
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Brazil
Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães 
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Spanish term (edited):
alerón externo rotuliano
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lateral retinaculum
"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).
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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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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Thank you, Liz!
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Charles Davis
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Thank you, Charles! :)
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Carlos Sorzano
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
United States
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Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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lateral border of the patella
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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Note added at 16 mins (2012-03-04 16:43:22 GMT)
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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;
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Note added at 16 mins (2012-03-04 16:43:22 GMT)
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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;
Reference comments
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Reference:
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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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-03-04 18:49:52 GMT)
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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 ...
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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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-03-04 18:49:52 GMT)
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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 ...
Discussion
alerón rotuliano [ingl. patellar retinaculum]
1 [TA: retinaculum patellae] Cada una de las dos expansiones aponeuróticas, lateral y medial, de los músculos vasto externo y vasto interno, que, a modo de refuerzo capsular, se fijan en la tuberosidad tibial y en el borde correspondiente de la rótula, manteniéndola centrada durante el movimiento de flexoextensión de la rodilla.
SIN.: aleta rotuliana, ligamento alar, retináculo patelar, retináculo rotuliano.
Filippe is right.