What's the Latin/medical name for your "knee"?

I'm not sure I remember, but 'patella' seems to jump out in my memory. I'm almost 50, and I had 4 years of Latin in high school which was a loonnnnnnnng time ago.

What's the Latin/medical name for your "knee"?
popliteal
Reply:the patella is specific to the anterior bone, in otherwards the kneecap in the front.





There are other components of the knee such as the meniscus, ACL, PCL, etc
Reply:the patella.
Reply:i believe its called the patella
Reply:yu yu kong kang
Reply:latin- supplex medical- patella
Reply:The smallish round bone that covers the front of the knee is called the 'patella' - kneecap.





The knee joint (articulation between the femur and the tibia/fibula) itself would be called 'Articulatio genus' - articulation (joint) of the knee.