Patella Synonyms

pə-tĕlə
A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. kneecap
  2. kneepan
Type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. genus Patella
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Words Related to Patella

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Patella Sentence Examples

  • In the most primitive Lamellibranchs there is no separate generative aperture but the gonads discharge into the renal cavity, as in Patella among Gastropods.

  • This columella muscle is the same thing as the muscles adhering to the shell in Patella, and the posterior adductor of Lamellibranchs.

  • In Colymbus the patella is reduced to a small ossicle, its function being taken by the greatly developed pyramidal processus tibialis anterior; in Podiceps and Hesperornis the patella itself is large and pyramidal.

  • In these, as in Patella, the typical ctenidia are aborted, and the branchial function is assumed by close-set lamelliform processes arranged in a series beneath the mantle-skirt on either side of the foot.

  • The existence of two renal organs in Patella, and their relation to the pericardium (a portion of the coelom), is important.

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