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knee joint
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The knee joint joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two articulations: one between the femur and tibia, and one between the femur and patella. It is the largest and most complicated joint in the human body. The knee is a mobile trocho-ginglymus (i.e. a pivotal hinge joint), which permits flexion and extension as well as a slight medial and lateral rotation[WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knee ]
Term info
Label
knee joint
Synonyms
- joint of knee
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Knee.agr.jpg
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
articulatio genus
id
UBERON:0001485
Term relations
Equivalent to:
Subclass of:
- hindlimb joint
- synovial limb joint
- develops_from some knee joint primordium
- part of some knee
- connects some tibia
- connects some femur
- connects some patella