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Patella

"Patella" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The flat, triangular bone situated at the anterior part of the KNEE.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Patella" by people in this website by year, and whether "Patella" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 26 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 1997 and 2014
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