MPFL (Medial Patellofemoral Ligament) Anatomy

Medial Patellar Retinacular Structures

✓ Medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL): (most important component)
✓ Medial patellotibial ligament (MPTL)
✓ Medial patellomeniscal ligament (MPML)
✓ Medial quadriceps tendon femoral ligament (MQTFL)

 

Composition of the MPFL

• A stronger transverse band and a more variable, weaker oblique decussation.
• Two components:
  1. Transverse Component (tMPFL)
     • Originates more superiorly from the osseous groove between the medial femoral epicondyle and the adductor tubercle, extending to the medial patella (proximal two-thirds).
     • Appears as a horizontally oriented, ribbon-like ligament.
  2. Oblique Decussation Component (odMPFL)
     • Arises from the anterior edge of the sMCL.

 
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