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Knuckle

The knuckles are the joints of the fingers. The word is cognate to similar words in other Germanic languages, such as the Dutch "knokkel" (knuckle) or German "Knöchel" (ankle), i.e., Knöchlein, the diminutive of the German word for bone (Knochen). Anatomically, it is said that the knuckles consist of the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) and interphalangeal (IP)…

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Knuckle

Nodes14
Edges13
Triples14
Avg. degree1.86
Density0.142857
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related to Cracking · 10
Knuckle → Despite, Donald, For, He, Ig Nobel, In, Medicine, MRI, The, Unger
see also · 2
Knuckle → Metacarpophalangeal, Metatarsophalangeal
related to Gallery · 1
Knuckle → Motorcycle

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knuckles joints cracking fingers may hand major metacarpophalangeal known also german interphalangeal ordinal caused synovial fluid joint word cognate similar

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knuckles was elucidated in 2015 by cine MRI to be caused by tribonucleation as a gas bubble forms in the synovial fluid that bathes the jointinstance ofCrackingThe physical mechanism behind the popping or cracking sound heard when cracking joints0.80text
Knucklerelated to CrackingThe0.60section
Knucklerelated to CrackingMRI0.60section
Knucklerelated to CrackingDespite0.60section
Knucklerelated to CrackingIn0.60section
Knucklerelated to CrackingDonald0.60section
Knucklerelated to CrackingUnger0.60section
Knucklerelated to CrackingIg Nobel0.60section
Knucklerelated to CrackingMedicine0.60section
Knucklerelated to CrackingFor0.60section
Knucklerelated to CrackingHe0.60section
Knucklerelated to GalleryMotorcycle0.60section

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