Look up: Patella

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   patella
   Latin, meaning: dish, platter, plate
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   Patella
   The patella is the largest of the sesamoid bones. It is situated in front of the knee-joint. It is a flattened, triangular bone.
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   Patella
   [n] - a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint 2. [n] - type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets
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   Patella
   A flat triangular bone located at the front of the knee joint. Also called: kneecap
   Found on http://www.knee-surgery.co.uk/glossary.h
   
   
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   Patella
   the medical term for the kneecap
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   Patella
   The knee cap.
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   Patella
   Patella: The kneecap by another name, the patella is the small bone that is in the front of the knee. The patella is a sesamoid bone, a little bone (sesamoid = like a sesame seed) that is embedded in a joint capsule or tendon, in this case the tendon of insertion of the quadriceps muscle (the 'quad'). The patella in an adult is about 2 inches (5 cm ...
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   patella
   the triangular sesamoid bone embedded within the tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscle at the knee. The patella articulates with the femur. Category: Medicine
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   Patella
   Pa·tel'la noun ; plural Patellæ . [ Latin , a small pan, the kneepan, dim. of patina , patena , a pan, dish.] 1. A small dish, pan, or vase. 2. (Anat.) The kneepan; the cap of the knee. 3. (Zoology) A genus of marine gastropods, including many species of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened cone. The common Europea ...
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    patella
    <anatomy> The knee cap. The quadriceps tendon attaches to it above and the patellar tendon below. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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    patella
    kneecap noun a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint
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    Patella
    genus Patella noun type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets
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    Patella
    The `patella` or `kneecap` is a thick, triangular bone which articulates with the femur and covers and protects the front of the knee joint. It is the largest sesamoid bone in the human body. It is attached to the tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscle, which contracts to straighten the leg. The vastus intermedialis muscle is attached to the base of patella. The vastus lateralis and vastus medialis are attached to lateral and medial borders of p...
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    patella
    (pә-tel´ә) a triangular bone at front of the knee. Called also kneecap.
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    Patella
    • (n.) A small dish, pan, or vase. • (n.) A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus. • (n.) The kneepan; the cap of the knee. • (n.) A genus of marine gastropods, including many species of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened cone. The common...
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    Patella
    (from the article `gastropod`) ...and toxoglossate radulae. Many limpets, which scrape algae directly from rock surfaces, have a docoglossate radula, with the marginals greatly ...
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    patella
    (from the article `knee`) ...rounded ends, or condyles, of the femur and tibia that meet at the knee are massive. The rounded ends of the tibia move forward and backward on ...
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    patella
    The large sesamoid bone, in the combined tendon of the extensors of the leg, covering the anterior surface of the knee. Syn: kneecap [L. a small plate, the kneecap, dim. of patina, a shallow disk, fr. pateo, to lie open]
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    Patella
    (pl. Patellae, (adj. patellar) The fourth segment of the leg or palp, counting from the body.
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    patella
    patella (putel'u) : see kneecap.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09172