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Genu

noun
(pl. genua)
1.
Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.  Synonyms: articulatio genus, human knee, knee, knee joint.



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... is fibrous or osseous ankylosis, the choice lies between arthroplasty, the removal of a wedge of bone which includes the joint, or, in patients who are still growing, of a wedge from the femur above the level of the epiphysial cartilage. Backward displacement of the tibia, genu recurvatum, and genu ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles


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