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What is the medical terminology combining form meaning pertaining to the kneecap?
Patellofemoral is the term meaning related to the kneecap and upper leg bone.
What is the medical terminology combining form meaning upper arm bone?
The scapula, or shoulder blade, is the largest bone of the shoulder complex.
What are the bones in upper leg?
The bones in the upper leg are the femur (thigh bone) and the patella (kneecap). The femur is the longest and strongest bone in the human body and connects the hip to the knee joint, while the patella helps protect the knee joint and aids in movement.
Is the kneecap bone or cartilage?
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).
Which type of section separates the kneecap from the lower limb?
The patellar ligament separates the kneecap from the lower limb. It connects the bottom of the kneecap to the tibia bone in the lower limb.
What is the medical terminology combining form meaning pertaining to the kneecap?
Patellofemoral is the term meaning related to the kneecap and upper leg bone.
What is the medical term meaning anterior knee?
The patella is the anatomical name for the "kneecap", which is the moveable bone on the front (anterior) of the knee.
What is the medical terminology combining form meaning upper arm bone?
The scapula, or shoulder blade, is the largest bone of the shoulder complex.
What is the medical term meaning arm bone?
The upper arm bone is the humerus. The forearm bones are the radius on the thumb side and the ulna on the pinkie side.
What is the medical term meaning pertaining to the shoulder blade and upper arm bone?
The medical term is "scapulohumeral" which refers to the shoulder blade (scapula) and the upper arm bone (humerus).
What are the longest bone in the human body and where is it located?
I believe that is the femur, which is the bone between your kneecap (patella) and your hip, that helps to form your upper leg.
What is the medical term meaning pertaining to the upper leg bone and largest lower leg bone?
The upper leg bone is the femur, and the largest lower leg bone is the tibia. The term meaning pertaining to these two bones is femerotibial.
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 part is The round flat bone that protects the joint between your upper and Lower leg bones?
The patella, aka the kneecap.
What is the medical term meaning below the kneecap?
The general term for softening of the bones is osteomalacia. It is usually caused by a depletion in calcium or phosphorous reserves in the bone. It can cause them to become flexible and brittle. It can also be called rickets when it occurs in children. Osteoporosis is different; it involves decreased bone mass, but not softening.The word comes from the Latin 'osteo' meaning to do with bones and the Greek word 'malakia' which means softness.osteoporosis
What bone is the shoulder bone the collar bone the kneecap and the breastbone?
Shoulder-Scapular Collar-clavicle kneecap-patella breastbone-sternum
