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knee (pair)

Identification
Official Latin term genu (par)
Specific (formal) par genuum
Generic term genu
Official term knee (pair)
Formal official term pair of knees knee
Generic term knee
Unit identifier TAH:U82
Entity identifiers TAH:E82; E32531; E32530; E32532
Unit type pair
Materiality material
Navigation
Link to the unit knee (pair)
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: cardinal parts of human body Short Extended
Level 3: lower limb (pair)
Taxonomic links Level 1: subdivision of cardinal part of human body Short Extended
Taxonomic links Level 2: subdivision of limb Short Extended
Level 3: subdivision of free limb
Level 4: subdivision of free part of lower limb
Language combinations
Taxonomic definition
Encyclopedic definition the site of articulation between the thigh (femur) and leg.
Taxonomic definition A knee is a subdivision of free part of lower limb [divisio partis liberae membri inferioris ] which is the portion of the lower limb at the junction between the thigh and the leg.
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body top
TAH:U9611
human body SOS
TAH:U9602
cardinal parts of human body XOS
TAH:U77
lower limb (pair) UOX
TAH:U9615
free part of lower limb (pair) UOU
TAH:U82 knee (pair) UOU
Total
1 children
Taxonomy
Date: 14.06.2026