Arms and legs are pretty similar, from the amount of bones they have to the way their joints bend, but your legs have one thing your arms don’t: kneecaps. Ever wonder why?

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Sources:
http://www.aofas.org/footcaremd/conditions/ailments-of-the-big-toe/pages/sesamoiditis.aspx

Why do we have a kneecap, but not an ‘elbowcap’?

Why Do We Have Knee Caps Anyway?


http://www.arthritis.org/about-arthritis/where-it-hurts/elbow-pain/elbow-anatomy.php
Sophie Regnault and John R. Hutchinson, personal communication

Why Don’t We Have Elbowcaps?

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