Anatom3DSuprapatellar bursa
Bursa suprapatellaris · Nadčéšková burza
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A large pouch above the kneecap, under the quadriceps tendon, almost always part of the knee joint cavity.
What it does
Gives the quadriceps tendon room to glide and lets the knee bend fully.
Keeping it well
Fills with fluid in knee effusion. Doctors often aspirate or inject the knee here.
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