Anatom3DInferior subtendinous bursa of biceps femoris muscle
Bursa subtendinea inferior musculi bicipitis femoris · Dolní podšlachová burza dvojhlavého svalu stehenního
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A small sac between the biceps femoris tendon and the fibular collateral ligament on the outer knee.
What it does
Lets the tendon glide over the ligament.
Keeping it well
Can become inflamed, causing outer knee pain; seen on ultrasound.
Related conditions
- ACL & meniscus injury
- Baker's (popliteal) cyst
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Gout
- Growing pains
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Lyme disease
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate disease)
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Reactive arthritis
- Restless legs syndrome
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Septic arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Varicose veins