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What (who) is Patella - definition
BONE OF THE LEG
Knee Cap; Knee cap; Patellae; Patela; Patellar; Apex of patella; Patella baja; Apex patellae; Basis patellae; Knee-cap; Kneecap
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Patella
·noun A small dish, pan, or vase.
II. Patella ·noun The kneepan; the cap of the knee.
III. Patella ·noun A kind of apothecium in lichens, which is orbicular, flat, and sessile, and has a special rim not a part of the thallus.
IV. Patella ·noun A genus of marine gastropods, including many species of limpets. The shell has the form of a flattened cone. The common European limpet (Patella vulgata) is largely used for food.
patella
n.
[L.]
1.
Knee-pan, knee-cap.
2.
(Conch.) Limpet.
patella
[p?'t?l?]
¦ noun (plural patellae -li:) Anatomy the kneecap.
Derivatives
patellar adjective
patellate -l?t adjective
Origin
C16: from L., dimin. of patina 'shallow dish'.
Wikipedia
Patella
The patella, also known as the kneecap, is a flat, rounded triangular bone which articulates with the femur (thigh bone) and covers and protects the anterior articular surface of the knee joint. The patella is found in many tetrapods, such as mice, cats, birds and dogs, but not in whales, or most reptiles.
In humans, the patella is the largest sesamoid bone (i.e., embedded within a tendon or a muscle) in the body. Babies are born with a patella of soft cartilage which begins to ossify into bone at about four years of age.
Examples of use of Patella
1. "He has a problem with his ligaments or his patella.
2. Most women find that by their late 30s, something has happened round that area – things seemed to move about until there are pouches above and below the patella.
3. With one set of patients he carried out the conventional operation – he cut the knee open, scraped away the debris from the worn–out patella and sewed it back up.