a small flat triangular bone in front of and protecting the knee joint
Nontechnical name: kneecap
2. biology
a cuplike structure, such as the spore-producing body of certain ascomycetous fungi
3. archaeology
a small pan
Derived forms
patellar (paˈtellar)
adjective
Word origin
C17: from Latin, from patina shallow pan
Examples of 'patellae' in a sentence
patellae
The patellae were then cultured for 0, 3, 7, or 14 days following the impact.
R. S. McCulloch, P. L. Mente, A. T. O'Nan, M. S. Ashwell 2018, 'Articular cartilage gene expression patterns in the tissue surrounding the impactsite following applications of shear and axial loads', BMC Musculoskeletal Disordershttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12891-018-2374-2. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The mean preoperative function score was 45.50 for resurfaced patellae and 45.83 for nonresurfaced.
Lakdawala RH, Fazal A 2012, 'Patellar resurfacing versus nonresurfacing in total knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis:experience at a tertiary care institution in Pakistan', Open Access Surgeryhttp://www.dovepress.com/patellar-resurfacing-versus-nonresurfacing-in-total-knee-arthroplasty--a9264. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Patellae were also classified based on the dimensions of the articular facets.
Oladiran I. Olateju, Illke Philander, Mubarak A. Bidmos 2013, 'Morphometric analysis of the patella and patellar ligament of South Africans of Europeanancestry', South African Journal of Sciencehttps://www.sajs.co.za/article/view/4002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Patients have hypoplastic patellae, which are laterally subluxated.
Konrads Christian, Reppenhagen Stephan, Plumhoff Piet, Rudert Maximilian, SteinertAndre, Barthel Thomas 2016, 'Nail-patella-syndrome in a young patient followed up over 10 years: relevance of thesagittal trochlear septum for patellofemoral pathology', SICOT-Jhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/sicotj/2016017. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We have identified seven muscles which connect to the two patellae and compare our findings to past descriptions.
Kyle P. Chadwick, Sophie Regnault, Vivian Allen, John R. Hutchinson 2014, 'Three-dimensional anatomy of the ostrich (Struthio camelus) knee joint', PeerJhttps://peerj.com/articles/706.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The paper presents a case of the patient suffering from osteomvelitis patellae that emerged after the fracture of the femur.
Dragoslav Bozilovic, Slobodan Kitanovic, Dragan Antic 2000, 'OSTEOMYELITIS PATELLAE. PRESENTATION OF A PATIENT', Acta Medica Medianaehttp://publisher.medfak.ni.ac.rs/2000-html/2-broj/OSTEOMYELITIS%20PATELLAE....pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This configuration achieved predicted cut planes within 1° of the surgeon ranges on all 18 patellae.
E. L. Rex, J. Werle, B. C. Burkart, J. R. MacKenzie, K. D. Johnston, C. Anglin 2018, 'Shape Analysis of the Patellar Bone Surface and Cutting Plane for Knee ReplacementSurgery', Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6490425. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)