Look up: patella

1. patella
   Latin, meaning: dish, platter, plate
   Found on http://archives.nd.edu/ppp.htm
   
   
2. 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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3. 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
   
   
4. Patella
   the medical term for the kneecap
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5. Patella
   The knee cap.
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6. 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'...
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7. 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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8. 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. ...
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9. patella
   <anatomy> The knee cap. The quadriceps tendon attaches to it above and the patellar tendon below. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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10. patella
    kneecap noun a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint
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11. Patella
    genus Patella noun type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets
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12. patella
    (pә-tel´ә) a triangular bone at front of the knee. Called also kneecap.
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13. 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 ...
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14. 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 ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/27
    
    
15. 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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16. Patella
    (pl. Patellae, (adj. patellar) The fourth segment of the leg or palp, counting from the body.
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17. Patella
    The patella, also known as the knee cap or kneepan, is a thick, circular-triangular bone which articulates with the femur and covers and protects the anterior articular surface of the knee joint. It is the largest sesamoid bone in the human body. == Structure == The patella is roughly triangular in...
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18. patella
    patella (putel'u) : see kneecap.
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19. Patella
    The patella (kneecap) is a small bone of the knee joint which resembles an inverted teardrop. The patella is connected to the joint by the medial and patellar retinaculum ligaments and to the tuberosity of the tibia by the patellar ligament.
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20. patella
    Type: Term Pronunciation: pa-tel′ă, -ē Definitions: 1. The large sesamoid bone, in the combined tendon of the quadriceps femoris, covering the anterior surface of the knee. Synonyms: kneecap
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21. patella
    Flat bone embedded in the knee tendon of birds and mammals, which protects the joint from injury
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22. patella
    on the pedipalp, the second long segment from the base.
    Found on http://www.vaejovidae.com/Glossary.htm
    
    
23. PATELLA
    Knee cap, a small triangular sesamoid bone located in front of the knee.
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24. PATELLA
    The roughly triangular sesamoid bone located in front of the knee, within the tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscle, a major extensor of the lower leg.
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25. patella
    Latin a small pan; adjective - patellar.
    Found on http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/glossary/