7.1_knee pt 1

Question 1

w6

hip
extra capsular lig

Answer 1

1.
2.
3.

Question 2

biggest sesamoid bone in body?

Answer 2

patella

Question 3

-apex
-base
of patella loc

Answer 3

apex =inferiorly

-superior

Question 4

fibula funct

Answer 4

1. provides site for musular attachment

* not really weight bearing

Question 5

tibia sits…

Answer 5

postero/laterally

Question 6

what inserts onto tibial tuberosity?

Answer 6

1.
2.
3.
4.

Question 7

classify knee joint

Answer 7

synovial, hindge

*also element of
internal / external rotation

Question 8

component of knee joint?

Answer 8

synovial capsule
extracapsular lig
intracapsular lig’s

Question 9

patella serves as ..

Answer 9

a leaver for mechanical movement

weight leaver

Question 10

classify

superior tibia fibular joint

Answer 10

synovial, plane

Question 11

with all synovial joints they will have ..

Answer 11

lig supporting the capsule

Question 12

patella tendon / lig attaches to..

Answer 12

tibial tuberosity

Question 13

intracapsular structures *2

fem/tib joint
inside capsule

Answer 13

1. menisci - med./lat. (fibrocartlige)

2.

Question 14

menisci act as..

Answer 14

shock absorbers

Question 15

medial menisci

larger or smaller?

Answer 15

larger (more c shaped)

Question 16

menisci att to ?

Answer 16

medial menisci

1. knee fibrous capsule
2. tibial colateral lig

lat menisci

Question 17

Q-angle

Answer 17

angle between thigh and

Question 18

increase Q-angle

Answer 18

knock knees

Question 19

decrease Q-angle

Answer 19

genu varum

—–outward pointing knees

Question 20

femoral condyles sit on..

Answer 20

tibial plateaus

Question 21

knee locking mechanism

is for ?

Answer 21

decr. mus output from the quad’s

the ability of the femar
to sit of the tibia
locking
and stay in that position without much mus contraction

*otherwise quad’s would have to be alway fully contracted and is tiring

Question 22

poplateus
mus (or tendon)
is very important for 

mn~ tai chi stance

Answer 22

unlocking of the knee

*going from fully locked to just under locked
mn= tai chi stance

Question 23

> > > knee

extracapsular lig *5

Answer 23

1. medial collateral (tibial collateral)
2. lat. collateral (femoral collat.)
3. patellar lig
4. oblique popliteal lig
5. arcuate popliteal lig

Question 24

medial collat. lig runs..

Answer 24

from med epicond. femar
to
medial chondyle

Question 25

lateral collat. lig runs..

Answer 25

lat epichon
to
down to head of fibular

Question 26

obliq. popliteal lig is an expansion of

Answer 26

semimembranousus tendon

Question 27

arcute popliteal lig

blends with

Answer 27

capsule superomedially

Question 28

ant. cruciate lig
post

runs. .
* naming is where it att to the tibia

Answer 28

ant cruciate lig (ACL)
-ant interchondylar area and runs
posterior

post. cruciate lig (PCL)
- post to ant

Question 29

att.

ant. cruciate lig

Answer 29

from
-ant. intercondylar area

to (moving laterally)
-medial aspect of the LATERAL FEMORAL condyle

Question 30

att.

post cruciate lig

Answer 30

from
-post. intercondylar area

att to
-the lateral aspect of the MEDIAL TIBIAL condyle

Question 31

crutiates dont reinforce_

Answer 31

the synovial capsule

Question 32

to much extension is when you bust your..

Answer 32

ACL cruciate (skiing = hyper EXTENSION)

Question 33

to much flexion is when you bust your..

Answer 33

PCL cruciate
hyper FLEXION (car accident knees against steering wheel)

Question 34

hyper extension and twisting (in netball)

Answer 34

crutiate and twisting (netball)

acute Knee injuries

Question 35

hyper extension and twisting (in netball)

causes

Answer 35

acute Knee injuries of cruciate lig’s

Question 36

hyper extension and twisting (in netball)

causes

Answer 36

acute Knee injuries of cruciate lig’s

Question 37

bursa of knee

Answer 37

1. prepatella bursa (over patella) -gardening bursa
2. infrapatella bursa (below) - michael jordan bursa
   - subcutaneous
   - deep
3. pes anserine bursa (= like soccer movement injury)
4. suprapatella bursa
5. *(injure if knealing on hard surface to long = gardening bursa)
6. *(inflammed= heaps of activity of patella lig - heaps of extention = jumpers knees = michale jordan bursa)

Question 38

swelling above the knee goes into..

Answer 38

the suprapatella bursa