patella

How To Use patella In A Sentence

• I would expect the government to fight a lawsuit trying to prevent something like this, just as I would expect a leg to bounce up when its patellar reflex is hit with a tendon hammer. Matt Kane: The Obama Administration's Desire to Keep Citizens in the Dark is Inexcusable
• Encourage the patient to relax the quadriceps and push the patella medially back into place.
• The medial and lateral portions of the tendon of the Quadriceps pass down on either side of the patella, to be inserted into the upper extremity of the tibia on either side of the tuberosity; these portions merge into the capsule, as stated above, forming the medial and lateral patellar retinacula. III. Syndesmology. 7b. The Knee-joint
• Twelve distal femoral condyles, proximal tibial condyles, and patellae were harvested; all soft tissue was removed.
• The patella, or kneecap, is a floating bone within the tendon of the quadriceps muscle group.
• Objective To observe the effects of triangular tension band on treating the comminuted patella fracture.
• Axial radiographs can demonstrate the presence of trochlear dysplasia, patellar tilt or subluxation, and the extent of patellofemoral arthritis.
• Observe the patellae -- with what tenacity they cling to save themselves from being washed into the deep water, and being devoured by the fishes that are playing in its chasms! The King's Own
• On the anterior surface toward the upper end of the tibia is the tibial tuberosity which is also an attachment point for the patellar ligament.
• Bone plugs from the patella and the tibial tubercle were taken in line with the incised tendon by using a small saw.