infrapatellar fat pad


pad

 [pad] a cushion-like mass of soft material.abdominal pad a pad for the absorption of discharges from abdominal wounds, or for packing off abdominal viscera to improve exposure during surgery. Called also laparotomy pad.dinner pad a pad placed over the stomach before a plaster jacket is applied; the pad is then removed to leave space under the jacket to take care of expansion of the stomach after eating.infrapatellar fat pad a large pad of fat lying behind and below the patella.knuckle p's nodular thickenings of the skin on the dorsal surface of the interphalangeal joints.laparotomy pad abdominal p.sucking pad (suctorial pad) a lobulated mass of fat that occupies the space between the masseter muscle and the external surface of the buccinator muscle. It is well developed in infants.

in·fra·pa·tel·lar fat pad

(in'fră-pă-tel'ăr fat pad) The fatty mass that occupies the area between the patellar ligament and the infrapatellar synovial fold of the knee joint.