medial patellar ligament

medial /me·di·al/ (me´de-il)

1. situated toward the median plane or midline of the body or a structure.

2. pertaining to the middle layer of structures.

me·di·al (m

adj.

1. Relating to, situated in, or extending toward the middle; median.

2. Being or relating to an average or a mean.

medial

[mē′dē·əl]

Etymology: L, medius, middle

1 pertaining to, situated in, or oriented toward the midline of the body.

2 pertaining to the tunica media, the middle layer of a blood vessel wall. Also mesial.

medial [me´de-al]

pertaining to or situated toward the midline.

medial (me´de

l),

adj located in or directed toward the middle; closer to the body's midline.

medial

pertaining to or situated toward the midline.

medial nasal process

one of the frontal processes derived from frontonasal mesenchyme and forming part of the border of the nasal pits, the future nostrils.

medial palatine process

see palatine process.

medial patellar ligament

in the species in which the tendon is trifurcated (horse, cattle), the largest and most medial of the three patellar ligaments.

medial

Relating to the middle; nearer the median plane.

medial

adjective Toward the center, middle, median of the body. Cf Lateral.

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