Patella

Related Category: Anatomy and Physiology

(pətĕl´ə): see kneecap.

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Kneecap - saucer-shaped bone at the front of the knee joint; it protects the ends of the femur, or thighbone, and the tibia, the large bone of the foreleg. The kneecap is embedded in the tendon tissue of the q...