Anatomy
knee Audio
knee [ nee ]
Subclass of:
Lower Extremity
Etymology:
Anglo-Saxon cneow = knee
Definitions related to knee:
  • A region of the lower extremity immediately surrounding and including the KNEE JOINT.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Joint connecting the upper (thigh) and lower leg.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Knee, hinge joint that is formed by the meeting of the thigh bone (femur) and the larger bone (tibia) of the lower leg. The knee is the largest joint in the body and has to sustain the greatest stresses, since it supports the entire weight of the body above it. Consequently, the rounded ends, or...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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