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Patella   /pətˈɛlə/   Listen
Patella

noun
(pl. patellae)
1.
A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.  Synonyms: kneecap, kneepan.
2.
Type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets.  Synonym: genus Patella.



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... facts were adduced. Let it be borne in mind that 'Avicula', 'Mytails', 'Chiton', 'Natica', 'Patella', 'Trochus', 'Discina', 'Orbicula', 'Lingula', 'Rhynchonella', and 'Nautilus', all of which are existing 'genera', are given without a doubt as Silurian in the last edition of 'Siluria'; while the highest forms of the highest Cephalopods are represented in the Lias ...
— Geological Contemporaneity and Persistent Types of Life • Thomas H. Huxley

... similar facts were adduced. Let it be borne in mind that Avicula, Mytilus, Chiton, Natica, Patella, Trochus, Discina, Orbicula, Lingula, Rhynchonclla, and Nautilus, all of which are existing genera, are given without a doubt as Silurian in the last edition of "Siluria"; while the highest forms of the highest Cephalopods are represented in the Lias by a genus Belemnoteuthis, which ...
— Discourses - Biological and Geological Essays • Thomas H. Huxley

... emphasizing the importance of wounds of the patella and knee-joint and the necessity for their careful treatment, also declares that wounds of both the leg and thigh within three inches of the joints, or in the fleshy portion of the thigh ubi organum est ...
— Gilbertus Anglicus - Medicine of the Thirteenth Century • Henry Ebenezer Handerson



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