patellar ligament

A strong flattened fibrous attaching the apex & adjoining margins of the patella to the tibial tuberosity. It is considered by some to be a part of the tendon of the quadriceps femoris in which the patella is embedded as a sesamoid bone.

Related

patella (kneecap) quadriceps femoris

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999