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Kneepan
Definition:
(n.) A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.
Example Sentences:
(1) A combination of the kneepan suture with a thorough suture of the lateral extension system and restoration of the anatomical form of the articulation surface of the kneepan in young and middle aged people allows the functional treatment to be started earlier, and in elderly and senile patients it made the deformity less by the improvement of motor activity and early movements.
(2) The article analyzes an experience with the operative treatment of 90 patients with fractures of the kneepans and injuries of the extension system.
(3) This anomaly in the karyotype stipulates, in the skeletal formation, a tendency to high stature, a certain flattening in the head of the radiocarpal articulation, the kneepan and the distal contour of the femoral bone.