patella
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Dejan Kulusevski - one of Spurs' most dangerous game-changers - never played a minute under Frank because of surgery on a patella injury sustained last season.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
“I’ve been dealing with patella tendinitis the entire season but over the weeks the pain has decreased,” Webster said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025
Three months before that World Cup, one the U.S. exited in the round of 16 for the first time, Swanson tore the patella tendon in her left knee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2024
Seidel revealed Thursday on Instagram that she hurt her knee about a month ago and an MRI showed she had a fractured patella and partially torn patellar tendon.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
I learned that the bones in the leg are the femur, the tibia, the patella, and the fibula.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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Sesamoid bones, such as the patellae, are small and round, and are located in tendons.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Although her patellas have hamstring tendons from cadavers, Flanagan has come through the eclipse stronger than she expected.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2021
“His patellas are not really attached to anything,” Gardner says.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2018
He came out of the dance with both patellas bruised.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Rupert Hughes
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