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The relative position of fat pads in the knee joint. There are multiple fat pads in the knee joint, including infrapatellar, posterior, suprapatellar prefemoral, and suprapatellar quadriceps. All of them contain adipose tissues, which may serve both structural and regulatory roles. The regulatory roles are mainly achieved by signaling of adipokines that are secreted by adipocytes
