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See also:KNEE (O. E. cneow, a word See also:common to Indo-See also:European See also:languages, cf. Ger. Knie, Fr. genou, Span. hinojo, See also:Lat. genu, Gr. ybvv, Sansk. janu) , in human See also:anatomy, the See also:articulation of the upper and See also:lower parts of the See also:leg, the See also:joint between the femur and the See also:tibia (see See also:JOINTS) . The word is also used of articulation resembling the See also:knee-joint in shape or position in other animals; it thus is applied to the carpal articulation of the fore leg of a See also:horse, answering to the See also:ankle in See also:man, or to the tarsal articulation or See also:heel of a See also:bird's See also:foot . |
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