What's the difference between knee and kneecap?

Knee


Definition:

  • (n.) In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
  • (n.) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg.
  • (n.) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man.
  • (n.) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
  • (n.) A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.
  • (v. t.) To supplicate by kneeling.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Van Persie's knee injury meant that Mata could work in tandem with the delightfully nimble Kagawa, starting for the first time since 22 January.
  • (2) It also provides mechanical support for the collateral ligaments during valgus or varus stress of the knee.
  • (3) A two-year follow-up was available for fifty-nine of the treated knees.
  • (4) A bouncy function has now been incorporated into a knee of the semi-automatic knee lock design in a pilot laboratory trial involving six patients.
  • (5) The design of a simple dynamic knee simulator is described.
  • (6) Knee preservation is an important factor for better rehabilitation.
  • (7) Huth, a Stoke player for more than five years, has made only one Premier League appearance since suffering a knee injury in November 2013.
  • (8) The technique of two-plane angiography of femoro-popliteal bypasses with 90 degrees knee flexion is described.
  • (9) Paul Doyle Kick-off Sunday midday Venue St Mary’s Stadium Last season Southampton 2 Leicester City 2 Live Sky Sports 1 Referee Michael Oliver This season G 18, Y 60, R 1, 3.44 cards per game Odds H 5-6 A 4-1 D 5-2 Southampton Subs from Taylor, Martina, Stephens, Davis, Rodriguez, Sims, Ward-Prowse Doubtful Bertrand, Davis, Van Dijk (all match fitness) Injured Boufal (knee, Jan), Hesketh (ankle, Feb), Targett (hamstring, Feb), Austin (shoulder, Mar), Pied (knee, Jun), Gardos (knee, unknown) Suspended None Form DWLLLL Discipline Y37 R2 Leading scorer Austin 6 Leicester City Subs from Zieler, Hamer, Wasilewski, Gray, Fuchs, James, Okazaki, Hernández, Kapustka, King Doubtful None Injured None Suspended None Unavailable Amartey, Mahrez, Slimani (Africa Cup of Nations) Form LDLWDL Discipline Y44 R1 Leading scorers Slimani, Vardy 5
  • (10) Aside from cadaver knees, there has been only one report of a successful in vivo training model.
  • (11) Five cases of bilateral abduction contracture of the shoulder in adults including the first case of bilateral abduction contractures of shoulder and hip plus bilateral flexion contracture of elbow and extension contracture of a knee are reported.
  • (12) Rapid swelling of the knee following a blow or twisting injury is considered a significant injury.
  • (13) Flexion of the knee beyond 40 degrees progressively diminished viability of the edges of the wound, particularly the lateral edge.
  • (14) In these three patients, laxity of the knee in flexion was so severe that posterior instability could not be corrected merely by patellar relocation.
  • (15) In 297 knees examined under local anesthesia, no complications were encountered.
  • (16) The percentage of those who felt they had successful results decreased with time: 82.8% felt their knees had improved immediately after postoperative rehabilitation; this decreased to 78.1% at 6 months, 73.5% at 1 year, 65.5% at 2 years, and 50.0% at 3 years.
  • (17) Nonoperative treatment in the adult patient has been shown to accelerate degenerative arthritis, which involves all 3 compartments of the knee.
  • (18) There were no significant effects of training on the time-related contractile properties (time to peak torque, half-relaxation time), CSA, or %MUA of the elbow flexors or knee extensors.
  • (19) Such deformities may be the only future indication for the use of this operation as these knees do not do well when treated by tibial osteotomy.
  • (20) Two types of mechanoreceptor have been found in the articular capsule of the knee joint of the domestic cat--Ruffini corpuscles and Pacinian corpuscles.

Kneecap


Definition:

  • (n.) The kneepan.
  • (n.) A cap or protection for the knee.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) On a personal level, no one could grudge Snodgrass his hat-trick in Malta after the kneecap injury that earlier disrupted his career and international journey.
  • (2) He got his first phone when he was 10 as he broke his kneecap, and having a phone meant he could keep in contact with friends and family while he was recovering.
  • (3) Is it still called a knee-trembler at that age or is it more of a kneecap-shatterer?
  • (4) As Brodie waited to collect a back-pass, the mutt flew at him, knocking the Scotsman to the ground; he was stretchered off, having shattered his kneecap.
  • (5) The authors report their experiences of the surgical treatment of external femoro-patellar arthrosis with displacement of the kneecap, by recentering the kneecap, on knees that were not deformed as seen from the front.
  • (6) Twenty-two cases of external femoro-patellar arthrosis with displacement of the kneecap were treated in this way; in 18 operations, 14 results that remained favourable for more than 6 months have encouraged the authors to continue their trials and to abandon, at least for the time being, patellectomies and patelloplasties.
  • (7) The very core of the post-Brexit economy was being subjected to a fiscal kneecapping.
  • (8) The transplant is dissected from the patella joint surface and its feeding pedicle is formed of the soft tissues fixed to the outer kneecap border.
  • (9) The principal modifications are as follows: -The femoral section was given a concave shape in the sliding bearing of the kneecap and elongated proximally.
  • (10) With a broken kneecap sidelining Papiss Cissé until October, the on-loan Argentinian Facundo Ferreyra having barely played for Shakhtar Donetsk last season and young Ayoze Pérez still a novice, Newcastle look alarmingly lightweight up front.
  • (11) In the clinical practice in case of fractures of bones of kneecap, tip of the elbow, greater trochanter, base of the V metatarsal bone there has been substantiated an expediency of application of osteosynthesis by means of the octahedral wire cerclage with measured force of the fractured fragment compression, neutralizing the force of dysalignment.
  • (12) Chris McCann was given his first start since early March after recovering from a fractured kneecap and the midfielder played a pivotal role, winning two early free-kicks, the second of which was superbly curled home by Maloney.
  • (13) The Lib Dems were trying to "kneecap" him, he claimed, tearing his posters down and attempting to infiltrate his campaign team.
  • (14) "I worry I broke your kneecaps when I cut you down," she writes in Bough Down .
  • (15) Without the Dutchman and with Papiss Cissé still recovering from a broken kneecap, Pardew must now rely on Emmanuel Rivière – struggling to adapt to the Premier League after a £4m move from Monaco – as his principal striker.
  • (16) Bramble jutted out a right leg and the ball flew off his kneecap into the far corner.
  • (17) And, at the risk of meeting an irresponsible assertion with an inflammatory response, there plainly can be no equivalence between a distressing altercation on Twitter and getting kneecapped.
  • (18) In 2002, she was detained while videotaping the demolition of a neighbour's house, and suffered a police beating that broke her ankles and kneecaps.
  • (19) On the basis of three personal observations this dysplasia syndrome is described in more detail and compared with the other syndromes involving the kneecap and pelvis.
  • (20) Now, though, it has been kneecapped in a back alley by Brexit provos and its brand has been trashed in the anti-European press’s embrace of post-truth politics.