Definitionn. a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint
Last update: August 24, 2015
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He dislocated his patella due to the fall. [Please select]
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There is a patella, intercalated in the tendon of the femori-tibialis or extensor cruris muscle. [Please select]
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The patella, which is thickened in the antero-posterior direction, has the shape of a triangular pyramid with the base upwards. [Please select]
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=--This articulation, as in man, is formed by the femur, the patella, and the tibia. [Please select]
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_The distance of the summit of the withers_ to the tip of the patella. [Please select]
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_ _The height from the patella to the fold of the ham. [Please select]
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Patellariae: in Dytiscids, the unequal, cup-like impressions on the underside of the patella. [Please select]
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This tendon incloses the patella and inserts on a line along the proximal edges of the cnemial crests of the tibiotarsus. [Please select]
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Many of the fibers, nevertheless, insert on the proximal edge of the patella. [Please select]
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In the horse the ligament of the patella is not single, but consists of three parts, designated, on account of their position, by the respective names of external, internal, and median patellar ligaments. [Please select]
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From this origin its fibres pass downwards and forwards, to be inserted into the tendon of the long portion of the muscle and into the patella. [Please select]
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