knees

     

The knee is the lower extremity joint connecting the femur, fibula, patella, an the tibia. Since in humans the knee supports nearly the entire weight of the body, it is the joint most vulnerable both to acute injury and the development of osteoarthritis.

Trivia about knees

  • Whether or not they're knobby, these body parts are your biscuits & cheese
  • Joints that are "weak" on a chicken
  • When you force someone into submission, you "bring him to" these joints
  • If you're genuphobic, you're afraid of these lower body parts that bend
  • These are the largest of the 6 major pairs of joints in the human body
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Louisiana.) The bald cypress, Louisiana's state tree, is known for pneumatophores that jut up, better known by this anatomical name; their purpose isn't understood but may be for stability