Kneepan

Knee´pan`

n.

1.

(Anat.) A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

kneepan - a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint kneecap, patella os sesamoideum, sesamoid, sesamoid bone - any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint articulatio genus, genu, human knee, knee, knee joint - hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella