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Meanings of patella in English
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genus patella Synonyms
Examples for "kneecap"
Examples for "kneecap"
1
His elevation above the valley was about the kneecap of the Generoso.
2
Mobilisations to the ankle and around the kneecap may also be used.
3
With a bullet in his kneecap he would have lost his chance.
4
He had experienced the strange, almost overpowering desire to touch the kneecap.
5
She unclenched one hand from the sheet, rubbed her kneecap with it.
1
You see, besides breaking my leg I cracked my knee pan an' that's made it wuss.
2
Then bandage the splint on at the ankle, at the upper part of the leg, and above and below the knee pan.
1
The great muscles of the thigh acting over the kneepan tend to bend the body forward, but the muscles of the calf neutralize this action.
2
In like manner, he treated the bunches of hair that grow over the animal's kneepans and elbows.
3
An old doctor came to me once (this is literal fact) with some contrivance or other for people with broken kneepans.
1
Take the left knee cap of this Winter Paralympian, which is dislocated.
2
He departed the race with lower leg injuries including a broken knee cap.
3
After the game Manning discovered his knee cap had been shattered.
4
Last November, he dislocated his knee cap and sustained significant ligament damage against Wales.
5
There was one broken leg that required attention, one man had a broken knee cap.
Usage of patella in English
1
Preoperative displacement results in a higher risk at a postoperatively displaced patella.
2
The wound was perfectly round and the patella and femur were intact.
3
Single specimens have been known to attain the size of the patella.
4
I'd left my patella on top of the stands at Villa Park.
5
There are some common risk factors that can affect how the patella tracks.
6
A patella sat perfectly positioned at the end of each femur.
7
In runner's knee, however, the patella rubs roughly against the end of the femur.
8
Retention of the patella in position is a difficult problem.
9
It's also possible that your patella or tibia was fractured.
10
The patella may be pushed inward and into position without manipulation of the leg.
11
Young, immature animals are more prone to displacement of the patella than when mature.
12
One knee caught a stair edge just below the patella.
13
A jogger with a dislocated patella was a quick distraction.
14
Roentgenographic examination revealed an abnormally proximal placement of the patellar prosthesis on the patella.
15
He has been dogged by tendinitis even more troubling that Murray's life-long bipartite patella.
16
The patella is one of three bones in the knee.
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