Knee Flashcards

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1
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Allow us to walk, run, jump.

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Femur

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2
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Combines with the Tibia and proves stability for the ankle.

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Fibula

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3
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Accept and distribute weight across the knee and ankle.

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Tibia

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4
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Helps your quadriceps muscle move your leg, protects your knee joint, and supports lots of important muscles, tendons and ligaments.

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Patella

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5
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Relieve tensions within muscles and tendons.

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Sesamoid

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6
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Major ligament that provides stability to your inner knee and joints.

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MCL

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7
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Keeps outer side of your knee stable.

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LCL

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8
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Prevents shin bone from sliding in front of thigh bone.

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ACL

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9
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Lets your knee move back and forth.

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PCL

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10
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Extend the leg at the knee joint and flex the thigh at the hip joint.

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Quadricep Muscles

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Helping you walk, run, bend your knees and extend your legs.

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Hamstring Muscles

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12
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compromise neural integrity and may influence organ system function and general health.

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Subluxation

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13
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a separation of two bones where they meet at a joint.

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Dislocation

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14
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a painful injury to the posterior cruciate ligament

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Dashboard Injury

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15
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a c-shaped pad of cartilage in the knee that acts as a shock absorber.

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Meniscus

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16
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a deformity in which an anatomical part is turned inward from the midline of the body to an abnormal degree.

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Valgus

17
Q

Pushing out from the center of your body.

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Varus

18
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a condition that causes pain and swelling below the knee joint, where the patellar tendon attaches to the top of the shinbone (tibia), a spot called the tibial tuberosity.

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OSD