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The articular capsule of the knee consists of a thick outer layer, the fibrous capsule, and a thinner inner layer, the synovial membrane or the synovium.
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Bolog, N.V., Andreisek, G., Ulbrich, E.J. (2015). Synovium and Capsule. In: MRI of the Knee. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08165-6_8
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