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Kneecapping. Kneecapping is a form of malicious wounding, often as torture, in which the victim is injured in the knee. The injury is typically inflicted by a low-velocity gunshot to the knee pit with a handgun. The term is considered a misnomer by medical professionals because only a very small minority of victims suffer damage to the kneecap.
Anatomical terms of bone. [edit on Wikidata] The patella (pl.: patellae or patellas), also known as the kneecap, is a flat, rounded triangular bone which articulates with the femur (thigh bone) and covers and protects the anterior articular surface of the knee joint. The patella is found in many tetrapods, such as mice, cats, birds and dogs ...
Leg fetishism. Legs of a woman. Leg fetishism (also known as crurophilia) is a sexual interest that focuses on the legs, and is a type of partialism. [ 1 ] In leg fetishism, individuals may experience a sexual attraction to the particular areas such as the thighs, knees, shins, calves or ankles.
Kneecap is so confident and single-minded in its telling of the semi-fictionalised origins of its titular west Belfast hip-hop trio, that it may make anyone who’s never heard of them feel like a ...
Kneecap transition with that same seamless ambition across the album’s soundscapes—a diverse terrain of U.K. garage, big beat, drum and bass, acid house, techno, and old school hip-hop, to ...
Kneecap's members were, at first, understandably wary of the motives of this Englishman approaching them to tell their story. “The English have a bad track record of trying to profit off the ...
6 per 100,000 per year [4] A patellar dislocation is a knee injury in which the patella (kneecap) slips out of its normal position. [5] Often the knee is partly bent, painful and swollen. [1][2] The patella is also often felt and seen out of place. [1] Complications may include a patella fracture or arthritis. [3]
Patellar reflex. Schematic representation of patellar tendon reflex (knee jerk) pathway. The patellar reflex, also called the knee reflex or knee-jerk, is a stretch reflex which tests the L2, L3, and L4 segments of the spinal cord. Many animals, most significantly humans, have been seen to have the patellar reflex, including dogs, cats, horses ...