Introduction The patella bipartita is a variation of the kneecap that has existed since birth, in which the patella does not consist of one bone part, but of two separate bone parts due to a disorder in the ossification (lat. bipartitus = divided into two parts). This plant variation usually has no disease value, is … Patella bipartita
Cause During embryonic and fetal development in the womb, the kneecap is first cartilaginous and then, as it grows, undergoes bony transformation starting from one point (ossification). In some cases, this ossification process can start from several so-called bone nuclei, whereby the individual bony structures then fuse over time, so that a uniform bone surface … Cause | Patella bipartita
