HUMAN KNEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does human knee mean? 

• HUMAN KNEE (noun)
  The noun HUMAN KNEE has 1 sense:

1. hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

  Familiarity information: HUMAN KNEE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMAN KNEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

articulatio genus; genu; human knee; knee; knee joint

Hypernyms ("human knee" is a kind of...):

ginglymoid joint; ginglymus; hinge joint (a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane)

Meronyms (parts of "human knee"):

kneecap; kneepan; patella (a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint)

musculus articularis genus (the articular muscle of the knee)

genicular vein; vena genus (veins that drain blood from structures around the knee; empty into the popliteal vein)

Holonyms ("human knee" is a part of...):

leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)