KNEE JOINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does knee joint mean? 

• KNEE JOINT (noun)
  The noun KNEE JOINT 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: KNEE JOINT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KNEE JOINT (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 ("knee joint" 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 "knee joint"):

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 ("knee joint" 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)

 Context examples 

When you have a total knee replacement, the surgeon removes damaged cartilage and bone from the surface of your knee joint and replaces them with a man-made surface of metal and plastic.

(Knee Replacement, NIH)

Injuries to the knee or the knee joint.

(Knee Injury, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Muscles and tendons help the knee joint move.

(Knee Injuries and Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

EXAMPLE(S): Tamoxifen used in a breast cancer study; Fish oil used in a heart health study; Artificial knee joints used in a joint replacement study.

(Lead Study Agent, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

A semicircular meniscus located towards the inner aspect of the knee joint.

(Meniscus Medialis, NCI Thesaurus)

A semicircular meniscus located towards the outer aspect of the knee joint.

(Meniscus Lateralis, NCI Thesaurus)

Example(s): pubic symphysis, knee joint, temporomandibular joint.

(Joint, NCI Thesaurus/UWDA)

A blood vessel arising from the popliteal artery that supplies blood to the head of the tibia and the knee joint.

(Inferior Internal Articular Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An abnormal alignment of the knee backwards that is due to a deformity in the knee joint.

(Genu Recurvatum, NCI Thesaurus)

A synovial cyst in the popliteal space arising from the semimembranous bursa or the knee joint.

(Baker Cyst, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)