Patella

The small bone in front of the knee joint.


Flat, triangular bone at the front of the knee joint; also called sesamoid bone and, colloquially, kneecap.


The small, rounded bone situated at the front of the knee; also known as the kneecap.


The lens-shaped bone that forms the kneecap. It is situated in front of the knee in the tendon of the quadriceps muscle of the thigh.


Also known as the knee-cap, this is a flat bone shaped somewhat like an oyster-shell, lying in the tendon of the extensor muscle of the thigh, and protecting the knee-joint in front.


A lens-shaped sesamoid bone situated in front of the knee in the tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscle.


The patella, also known as the kneecap, is a three-sided bone positioned at the anterior aspect of the knee joint.


 


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