Type your answer here... Usually, the posterior medial articular surface is smaller than the lateral one.
For those not taking A&P when you set the flatter side down on the table with the point away from you, the side it falls to is usually to the outside.
The patella is also known as the knee cap, right above the tibia and fibula, and right below the femur.
it starts above and it connects onto the Tibial Tubercle which is right under the Patella.
The bone that forms the knee cap is the patella.
You use your brain.
It's not unusual to have kneecaps of different sizes. There is no special condition that can be caused by having one bigger than the other.
If you bang you knee right below the knee cap (patella), you will hit your shin bone (tibia). If you hit right on the knee it will be your patella.
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Well, if you know witch way right is the right eye is closest to the right side, the left eye is closest to the left side.
the patella is the scientific name for the kneecap
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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.