femur & knee joints/muscles

Question 1

bursas of the knee

Answer 1

suprapatellar
superficial/deep infrapatellar
prepatellar
semimembranosus

Question 2

what does a meniscus do

Answer 2

acts to disperse weight evenly
reduce friction w movement

Question 3

what is the medial meniscus attached to

Answer 3

medial collateral ligament
semimembranosus tendon

Question 4

what is the lateral meniscus attached to

Answer 4

posterior cruciate ligament
popliteus muscle

Question 5

what force does the LCL resist

Answer 5

VARUS forces (OUTWARD)

Question 6

what force does the MCL resist

Answer 6

VALGUS forces (inward)

Question 7

where is the anterior cruciate ligament go from

Answer 7

medial aspect of lateral femoral condyle

to

anterior aspect of tibial intercondylar eminence

Question 8

what does the ACL resist
and when is it taut

Answer 8

anterior translation
medial rotation of tibia on femur

TAUT IN HYPEREXTENSION

Question 9

where does the PCL go from

Answer 9

posterior aspect of intercondylar eminence

to

lateral aspect of medial femoral condyle

Question 10

what does the PCL resist

and when is it taut

Answer 10

posterior translation of tibia on femur

taut in HYPERFLEXION