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Knee and Leg

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Knee and Leg

Knee vs. Leg

The knee joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two joints: one between the femur and tibia (tibiofemoral joint), and one between the femur and patella (patellofemoral joint). A leg is a weight bearing and locomotive anatomical structure, usually having a columnar shape.

Similarities between Knee and Leg

Knee and Leg have 5 things in common (in Unionpedia): Bone, Foot, Hip, Human leg, Tendon.

Bone

A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the vertebrate skeleton.

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Foot

The foot (plural feet) is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates.

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Hip

In vertebrate anatomy, hip (or "coxa"Latin coxa was used by Celsus in the sense "hip", but by Pliny the Elder in the sense "hip bone" (Diab, p 77) in medical terminology) refers to either an anatomical region or a joint.

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Human leg

The human leg, in the general meaning, is the entire lower limb of the human body, including the foot, thigh and even the hip or gluteal region.

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Tendon

A tendon or sinew is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that usually connects muscle to bone and is capable of withstanding tension.

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Knee and Leg Comparison

Knee has 165 relations, while Leg has 38. As they have in common 5, the Jaccard index is 2.46% = 5 / (165 + 38).

References

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