A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
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Examples for "kneecap"
Examples for "kneecap"
1His elevation above the valley was about the kneecap of the Generoso.
2Mobilisations to the ankle and around the kneecap may also be used.
3With a bullet in his kneecap he would have lost his chance.
4He had experienced the strange, almost overpowering desire to touch the kneecap.
5She unclenched one hand from the sheet, rubbed her kneecap with it.
1Preoperative displacement results in a higher risk at a postoperatively displaced patella.
2The wound was perfectly round and the patella and femur were intact.
3Single specimens have been known to attain the size of the patella.
4I'd left my patella on top of the stands at Villa Park.
5There are some common risk factors that can affect how the patella tracks.
1The great muscles of the thigh acting over the kneepan tend to bend the body forward, but the muscles of the calf neutralize this action.
2In like manner, he treated the bunches of hair that grow over the animal's kneepans and elbows.
3An old doctor came to me once (this is literal fact) with some contrivance or other for people with broken kneepans.
1You see, besides breaking my leg I cracked my knee pan an' that's made it wuss.
2Then bandage the splint on at the ankle, at the upper part of the leg, and above and below the knee pan.