Synonyms for knee joint
knee joint

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1. knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genunoun

   hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

   Synonyms:
   articulatio genus, stifle, knee, human knee, genu

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1. • Hinge Joint

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1. Maria Liston:

   This was a devastating injury that separated the knee joint and left it probably completely unstable until it fused.

2. David Geier:

   Achilles tendinopathy often affects running athletes, while patellar or knee joint tendinopathy often bothers people who play repetitive jumping sports like basketball.

3. Faheem Mujahid:

   It has huge allover benefits, not only does the majority of the exercise isolate and target the glutes and the hamstrings, but the quadriceps are involved as well, by helping to extend the knee joint. Plus, it is one of the few exercises that works the adductor magnus, which helps provide leg stability.

4. Drake Ross:

   I kind of likened it to a hangnail, you know, you’ve got this piece hanging there, and if it gets caught in the knee joint, it’s going to hurt real bad. It could lock up or it could pull away at the good tissue.