A reflex hammer is the triangular rubber-headed mallet with which your knee is struck during a physical exam.
The most well-known human reflex is the knee-jerk (or patella) reflex. This is the one where you use a reflex hammer to hit the tendon just below the kneecap (or patella). The leg jerks out like you're kicking.
the patella is the scientific name for the kneecap
patella We call this our "knee bone".
The knee bone is called the patella, commonly known as the kneecap. It is a small, flat, triangular-shaped bone that protects the front of the knee joint.
The patella.
In order to provoke the patellar reflex one must strike the patellar tendon with a tendon hammer (and only a tendon hammer, striking with an ordinary hammer is ill-advised). In other words, strike the region immediately below the patella.
KneeCap is your patella
Patella. Why was this question asked so many times?
Patella.
The scientific name for the kneecaps is the patella.
The patella is better known as the knee cap.
"Patella" is the technical term for the kneecap.knee cap