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Palette The knee joint is the junction of three bones-the femur (thigh bone or upper leg bone), the tibia (shin bone or larger bone of the lower leg), and the patella (kneecap). The patella is about 2 to 3 inches wide and 3 to 4 inches long. It sits over the other bones at the front of the knee joint and slides when the leg moves. It protects the knee and gives leverage to muscles.
The knee as a whole is more a joint.
The knee cap is called a patella (bone).
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∙ 14y agoThe kneecap or patella is a special type of short bone called a sesamoid bone because it is embedded in the patellar tendon.
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What is the medical term meaning kneecap and upper leg bone?
Kneecap is patella, upper leg bone is femur, and the term meaning pertaining to the kneecap and upper leg bone is patellofemoral.
The patella kneecap is and example of a large what bone?
Sesamoid bone
The articular cartilage of a typical long bone is composed of what type of cartilage?
Thearticular cartilage of a typical long bone is composed of the Hyaline cartilage.
What is the cartilage articulates with another bone or bone process called?
It is just called an articular cartilage. The type of cartilage is fibrocartilage.
What does bone have that cartilage does not?
Bone contains hydroxyapatite, Ca5(PO4)3OH which isn't found in cartilage.
Is a knee a joint bone or tendon?
The knee itself is made of ligaments cartilage and bone, and the kneecap is made of bone.
What you call the bone of kneecap?
The bone that is normally know as the kneecap is called the Patella...:D
Is the patella a muscle?
The patella is a bone (specifically, the kneecap).
What is the medical term meaning kneecap and upper leg bone?
Kneecap is patella, upper leg bone is femur, and the term meaning pertaining to the kneecap and upper leg bone is patellofemoral.
What bone is the shoulder bone the collar bone the kneecap and the breastbone?
Shoulder-Scapular Collar-clavicle kneecap-patella breastbone-sternum
Is your kneecap have mostly connective tissue or muscle tissue?
The kneecap, or patella, is bone.
What bone found the kneecap?
The patella.
What is knee bone?
the kneecap is the patella
What bone is commonly known as the knee cap?
kneecap bone
The patella kneecap is and example of a large what bone?
Sesamoid bone
What is the patella bone better known as?
As the kneecap.
What is present in bone either bone or cartilage?
Bone starts out as cartilage and as it matures it becomes bone...
