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This stock medical-legal illustration pictures an anterolateral (front, outside) view of the left knee joint showing chondromalacia where the patella articulates with the femoral surface. Chondromalacia is a surface defect on the articular cartilage of a joint, usually caused by trauma.
© 2012 Nucleus Medical Art/Doctor Stock
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