Patella synonyms

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skeleton (related)
The internal structure of vertebrate animals, composed of bone or cartilage, that supports the body, serves as a framework for the attachment of muscles, and protects the vital organs and associated structures.
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genus Patella
type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets
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chondromalacia (related)
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patellar (related)
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kneecap
The flat, roundish bone in the knee.
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kneepan
The kneecap; the patella.
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tibial (related)
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scapula (related)
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tibia (related)
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olecranon (related)
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pelvis (related)
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femur (related)
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condyle (related)
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humerus (related)
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clavicle (related)
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sternum (related)
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fibula (related)
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retinaculum (related)
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malleolus (related)
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  • 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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