Re: KNEES

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hubey@pegasus.montclair.edu (H. M. Hubey) wrote:
>rra@me04.wg2.waii.com (Bob Aduddell) writes:
>
>>Say what? Turkeys and pheasant (just to name two) have knees that
>>bend opposite to humans. As far as tetrapods, are we talking front

This "knee joint" in turkeys and pheasants is homologous to our ankle
joint.

>
>The knee is not the main joint between the thigh and the toes :-)..
>
>Yes, I also used this definition but that's not the definition. It's
>the first joint after the hip :)

The "knee joint" is the joing between the femur and the tibia.

James C. Ohman, Ph.D.
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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