7/17 Lecture

Question 1

Which gender has a bigger Q Angle?

Answer 1

Female

Question 2

Coxa Vara: What degrees and what does it produce?

Answer 2

90-110 degrees, bow legged

Question 3

Coxa Valga: What degrees and what does it produce?

Answer 3

150-160 degrees, knock knees

Question 4

All hamstring muscles attach to the:

Answer 4

ischial tuberosity

Question 5

What 3 muscles make up the hamstrings?

Answer 5

Biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus

Question 6

Main action of Semitendinosus and semimembranosus muscles

Answer 6

Flex and medially rotate the leg; extends the thigh

Question 7

Main action of Biceps femoris muscle

Answer 7

Flexes and laterally rotates the leg, also extends the thigh

Question 8

Innervation of semitendinosus and semimembranosus muscles:

Answer 8

Tibial branch of sciatic nerve

Question 9

Innervation of Biceps femoris, long head and short head:

Answer 9

Long: tibial division of sciatic nerve
Short: common fibular division of sciatic nerve

Question 10

The knee is an extensor and a flexor (T/F)

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Which meniscal usually tears?

Answer 11

Medial (tibial)

Question 12

What is the unhappy triad of the knee that tears from a lateral blow?

Answer 12

ACl, medial collateral, and medical meniscus

Question 13

Which artery is the most common place for DVT?

Answer 13

Popliteal

Question 14

Two motion tests for the Anterior Cruciate ligament (ACL):

Answer 14

Anterior Drawer Test and Lachmans Test

Question 15

Which test is most specific for ACL tears?

Answer 15

Lachmans

Question 16

Posterior Cruciate Ligament tests (PCL)

Answer 16

Posterior Drawer test (positive if tibia displaces)

Question 17

Valgus checks:

Answer 17

Medial/Tibial

Question 18

Varus checks:

Answer 18

Lateral/Fibial

Question 19

Collateral ligament test:

Answer 19

Apley Distraction (positive if pain or decreased movement)

Question 20

What kind of test does the examiner push the patella toward the table while the patient contracts the quadriceps muscle

Answer 20

Patellar Grind Test

Question 21

Why is the plantaris tendon important?

Answer 21

Used for tendon transplants