Assertion: patella | /r/CapableOf | confer functional advantages
Facets:
value: in knee extension
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Haxton (1944) also criticized De Vriese for focusing on relative length of bones; his own “patellar index” based on relative width found no correlation with animal speed or size, but he inferred that the patella confers functional advantages in knee extension.
text: The patella may confer other functional advantages or develop for other reasons; however, if its morphology when it first evolved differed from its current one (i.e., it may have been exapted into new roles).