The posterior surface of the patellar ligament is separated from the synovial membrane of the joint by a large infrapatellar pad of fat, and from the tibia by a bursa.
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A tendinous band, called the tendon of the conus arteriosus, extends upward from the right atrioventricular fibrous ring and connects the posterior surface of the conus arteriosus to the aorta.
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An anterior remnant of the hyaloid artery can be seen in some people as Mittendorf's dot, a small pinpoint-like scar on the posterior surface of the lens.
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The " posterior surface ", convex from above downward, concave from side to side, is smooth, and forms part of the anterior wall of the pelvis.
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The fibers originating from the anterior surface of the anterior aponeurosis insert onto the median septum and the fibers originating from the posterior surface of the anterior aponeurosis insert onto the posterior aponeurosis.
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It is invested by the peritoneal folds of the lesser omentum within a fissure on the visceral / posterior surface of the liver between the caudate and main parts of the left lobe.
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Its under and posterior surfaces being marked by three foss?: the fossa for the portal vein, the fossa for the gall-bladder and the fossae for the inferior vena cava.
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As the ligament crosses the lacrimal sac, a strong aponeurotic lamina is given off from its posterior surface; this expands over the sac, and is attached to the posterior lacrimal crest.
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It occupies the right hypochondrium; on its posterior surface by the ligamentum venosum for the cranial ( upper ) half, and by the ligamentum teres hepatis ( a . k . a.
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The nerves forming the sacral plexus converge toward the lower part of the greater sciatic foramen, and unite to form a flattened band, from the anterior and posterior surfaces of which several branches arise.
