Definition of: knee

(nē) noun
1. Anat. The joint, or the region about the joint of the human leg, midway between the hip joint and the ankle.
2. A region considered similar to the knee of man: in the hind leg of horses, dogs, and similar animals, the stifle joint; in the fore-leg, the carpal joint at the top of the cannon bone: said of hoofed beasts.
3. In birds, the joint at the top of the tarsus.
4. A plate, usually triangular, for connecting or joining structural members.
5. Anything like or suggesting a knee; also, in clothing, the part covering the knee.
6. Any of the upward projections, spurlike or angular, from the roots of swamp trees, especially the bald cypress.
—v.t. To touch or strike with the knee.
—v.i. Obs. To kneel. [OE cnēow]
KNEE JOINT
c. Crucial ligament.
f. Femur.
lp. Ligamentum patellae.
p. Patellae.
plural Posterior ligament.
t. Tibia