Assertion: patella | /r/HasProperty | independent
Facets:
value: from fused with the tibia
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The concurrent existence of a distinct patella and tibial crest does not falsify the hypothesis that the tibial crest is a traction epiphysis in birds, because the patella could be independent from whatever ancestral sesamoid fused with the tibia to form a traction epiphysis (Hutchinson, 2002).