Knee joint

Introduction: Knee joint

Description of Knee joint

Knee joint: hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Knee joint: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Knee joint:

• Knee
• Knee symptoms (149 causes)
• Knee disease
• Knee disorder
• Knee pain (122 causes)
• Joint
• Joint symptoms (1430 causes)
• Joint disease (21 causes)
• Joint disorder

Terms associated with Knee joint:

Terms Similar to Knee joint:

• knee
• articulatio genus
• genu

Source - WordNet 2.1

More specific terms for Knee joint:

• Menisci, Tibial

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Knee joint

• Joints

Source - MeSH 2007

• hinge joint
• ginglymus
• ginglymoid joint

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Knee joint

The following list attempts to classify Knee joint into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• ginglymoid joint,ginglymus,hinge joint
• articulatio synovialis,diarthrosis,synovial joint
• articulatio,articulation,joint
• body part
• part,piece
• thing
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Musculoskeletal System
  • Skeleton
    • Joints
      • Knee Joint

MESH - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• joint
• skeleton
• musculoskeletal system
• Anatomy

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