Knee

Knee

In anatomy, the knee is the joint (articulation) of the thigh bone and the tibia. It is overlain by the sesamoid bone, the patella, which guides the patellar tendon in a smooth path over the bony projections of the knee.

In ship-building, the knee was an L-shaped piece of wood or iron used to hold the various parts of the ship together, used in conjunction with various assembly elements securing the knee to the two parts of the ship being secured. The 1800's witnessed the change from wood to iron knees.