infrapatellar fat pad

pad (pad) a cushionlike mass of soft material.

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abdominal pad  a pad for the absorption of discharges from abdominal wounds or for packing off abdominal viscera to improve exposure during surgery.

buccal fat pad  sucking p.

dinner pad  a pad placed over the stomach before a plaster jacket is applied; the pad is then removed, leaving space under the jacket to accommodate expansion of the stomach after eating.

infrapatellar fat pad  a large pad of fat lying behind and below the patella.

knuckle pads  nodular thickenings of the skin on the dorsal surface of the interphalangeal joints.

retromolar pad  a cushion-like mass of tissue situated at the distal termination of the mandibular residual ridge.

sucking pad , suctorial pad a lobulated mass of fat that occupies the space between the masseter and the external surface of the buccinator; it is well developed in infants.

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infrapatellar fat pad

[in′frəpətel′ər]

an area of palpable soft tissue in front of the joint space on either side of the patellar tendon.

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pad [pad]

a cushion-like mass of soft material.

abdominal pad a pad for the absorption of discharges from abdominal wounds, or for packing off abdominal viscera to improve exposure during surgery. Called also laparotomy pad.

dinner pad a pad placed over the stomach before a plaster jacket is applied; the pad is then removed to leave space under the jacket to take care of expansion of the stomach after eating.

infrapatellar fat pad a large pad of fat lying behind and below the patella.

knuckle p's nodular thickenings of the skin on the dorsal surface of the interphalangeal joints.

laparotomy pad abdominal p.

sucking pad (suctorial pad) a lobulated mass of fat that occupies the space between the masseter muscle and the external surface of the buccinator muscle. It is well developed in infants.