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).
The kneecap or patella is a special type of short bone called a sesamoid bone because it is embedded in the patellar tendon.
Kneecap is patella, upper leg bone is femur, and the term meaning pertaining to the kneecap and upper leg bone is patellofemoral.
Sesamoid bone
Thearticular cartilage of a typical long bone is composed of the Hyaline cartilage.
It is just called an articular cartilage. The type of cartilage is fibrocartilage.
Bone contains hydroxyapatite, Ca5(PO4)3OH which isn't found in cartilage.
The knee itself is made of ligaments cartilage and bone, and the kneecap is made of bone.
The bone that is normally know as the kneecap is called the Patella...:D
The patella is a bone (specifically, the kneecap).
Kneecap is patella, upper leg bone is femur, and the term meaning pertaining to the kneecap and upper leg bone is patellofemoral.
Shoulder-Scapular Collar-clavicle kneecap-patella breastbone-sternum
The kneecap, or patella, is bone.
The patella.
the kneecap is the patella
kneecap bone
Sesamoid bone
As the kneecap.
Bone starts out as cartilage and as it matures it becomes bone...