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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 850 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KNEE (O. E. cneow, a word
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common to Indo-
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European
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languages, cf. Ger. Knie, Fr. genou, Span. hinojo,
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Lat. genu, Gr. ybvv, Sansk. janu)
  , in human anatomy, the articulation of the upper and
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lower parts of the leg, the joint between the femur and the
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tibia (see
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JOINTS) . The word is also used of articulation resembling the knee-joint in shape or position in other animals; it thus is applied to the carpal articulation of the fore leg of a horse, answering to the
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ankle in man, or to the tarsal articulation or
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heel of a
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bird's
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foot .

End of Article: KNEE (O. E. cneow, a word common to Indo-European languages, cf. Ger. Knie, Fr. genou, Span. hinojo, Lat. genu, Gr. ybvv, Sansk. janu)
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