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The patella is a bone (specifically, the kneecap).
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoIt is your kneecap.
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Is patella a type of muscle tissue?
patella is the kneecap.
The patella is embedded in the tendon of which muscle?
quadriceps femoris
What muscle flexes the knee and stabilizes the patella?
quadricep
What is the function of the patella tibia?
The patella: 1- Increases the lever arm of the quadriceps muscle in its function to extend the knee joint. 2- Redirect the forces exerted by the quadriceps muscle.
Muscle tone of the patella?
The patella is a bone that rides over the top of the knee. Adequate hamstring strength can help keep the patella properly aligned and reduce overall knee pain, but there are no actual muscles in the patella.
The insertion tendon of what muscle group contains the patella?
quadriceps :)
What is the collagenous structure anchoring the quadriceps muscle to the patella?
Quadriceps tendon
What muscle tendons keep the patella in place?
The two tendons that are attached to the patella are: the quadriceps tendon, which attaches above, and the patellar tendon, which attaches on the bottom
Is your kneecap have mostly connective tissue or muscle tissue?
The kneecap, or patella, is bone.
What is the patella connected to?
It is connected to the tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscle.
Knee bone called?
The Patella.
Which muscle tendonous attachments keep the patella in its place?
i say quadriceps fermoris because its on the one of the ham muscle
