patella

n.

膝盖骨；

复数：patellaspatellae

1. She broke her patella in an accident.
   一次事故中她摔折了膑骨。

Patella position in the normal knee joint
Acute dislocation of the patella. A correlative pathoanatomic study.
The biomechanics of the human patella during passive knee flexion.
The determinants of change in patella cartilage volume in osteoarthritic knees.
Coordinated collagen and muscle protein synthesis in human patella tendon and quadriceps muscle after exercise
Mutations in LMX1B cause abnormal skeletal patterning and renal dysplasia in nail patella syndrome
Long-term complications after total knee arthroplasty with or without resurfacing of the patella
Limb and kidney defects in Lmx1b mutant mice suggest an involvement of LMX1B in human nail patella syndrome
Tunnel widening in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a prospective evaluation of hamstring and patella tendon grafts
Intraarticular reaction associated with the use of freeze-dried, ethylene oxide-sterilized bone-patella tendon-bone allografts in th...