Kneepan: alternatives and connections

The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; --…

A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.

The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.

a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)

The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middl…

A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of cli…

a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling

An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank;…

A knee, or piece of knee timber

To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to…

a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone

One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.

The large, roundish, flattened seed of Mucuna urens. See under Bean.

To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel.

The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

Between sesamoid bones; as, intersesamoid ligaments.

A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a nod…

Rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow knee-deep.