Knee Flashcards
What is the light blue line?
Lateral Femoral Condyle
•Usually projects more proximally and is smaller
What is the yellow line?
Medial Femoral Condyle
•Usually is larger and is projected more distally
what is the yellow line?
Cortex – thickest at the diaphysis, but thins out near the metaphysis at the epicondyles
What is the dark blue lines?
Epicondyles (med. & lat.)
what is the light blue lines?
Femoral Condyles (med. & lat.)
What are the yellow lines?
Supracondylar Ridge/Line (med. & lat.)
What is the light blue line?
Adductor Tubercle
What is the red line?
Popliteal Groove – where popliteal tendon passes
What is the dark blue line?
Intercondylar Notch
What is the green line?
Medial Femoral Condyle
What is the orange line?
Lateral Femoral Condyle
What is the top yellow dotted line?
Femoral Physeal Scar
What is the bottom yellow dotted line?
Tibial Physeal Scar
What is the white dotted line?
Intercondylar Fossa
What is the red line?
Intercondylar Notch
What is the white line?
Popliteal Surface of the Femur
What is the blue dotted lines?
Ludloff’s Spot – area of lucency in condyles
What is the red line?
Intercondylar Notch/Groove
What is the yellow line?
Patellar Surface of the Femur
What is the red dotted line?
patella
What is the yellow line?
Medial Intercondylar Spine/Eminence
What is the orange line?
Lateral Intercondylar Spine/Eminence
What is the dark blue line?
Lateral Tibial Condyle
What is the white dotted line?
Tibial Physeal Scar/Line
What is the light blue line?
Medial Tibial Condyle
What is the dark blue line?
Superior Pole (Base) of the Patella
What is the solid white line?
Dorsal / posterior ridge
What is the green line?
Inferior Pole (Apex) of the Patella
What is the light blue line?
Medial Intercondylar Spine/Eminence
What is the yellow line?
Lateral Intercondylar Spine/Eminence – is usually larger and more anteriorly located
What is the dotted white line?
Tibial Physeal Scar/Line
What is the red line?
Tibial Tuberosity
What is the light orange line?
Anterior Margin of the Lateral Tibial Condyle
What is the brown line?
Posterior Margin of Lateral Tibial Condyle
What is the red line?
Lateral Tibial Plateau
What is the light blue line?
Anterior Margin of the Medial Tibial Condyle
What is the dark blue line?
Posterior Margin of Lateral Tibial Condyle
What is the yellow line?
Medial Tibial Plateau
What is the yellow line?
Styloid Process of the proximal fibula
What is the green area?
Articular Facet of proximal fibula
What is the white dotted line?
Fibular Head
What is the red line?
Fibular Neck
What is the light blue dotted line?
Interosseous Crest of the Fibula
What is the orange dotted line?
Interosseous Crest of the Tibia
What is the dark blue line?
Ludloff’s Spot
What is the light blue line?
Anterior Margin of the Tibial Condyle
What is the red line?
Tibial Plateau
What is the yellow line?
Posterior Margin of the Tibial Condyle
What is the light blue line?
Styloid Process of the proximal fibula
What is the yellow line?
Articular Facet of the proximal fibula
What is the blue line?
Fibular Head
What are the red lines?
fibular neck
What view is this?
Tangential (Sunrise) Patella
What is the red?
Medial Facet of the Patella
What is the light blue?
Medial Femoral Condyle
What is the green?
Intercondylar Notch
What is the yellow?
Lateral Facet of the Patella
•The lateral facet has a less steep angle, therefore being the most common direction of patellar dislocation
What is the dark blue?
Lateral Femoral Condyle
What is the white dotted line?
Popliteal Groove
What is between the dark blue lines?
Lateral Tibiofemoral Articulation
What is between the red lines?
Medial Tibiofemoral Articulation
What is between the green lines?
Proximal Tibiofibular Articulation
What is between the red lines?
Patellofemoral Articulation
What is between the blue lines?
Tibiofemoral Articulation
What is between the green line?
Proximal Tibiofibular Articulation
What is the blue?
Lateral Patellofemoral Articulation
What is the red?
Medial Patellofemoral Articulation
What is the light blue dotted lines?
Quadriceps Tendon
What is red dotted line?
Hamstring Fat Plane
What is the dark blue dotted line?
Gastrocnemius Fat Plane
What is the yellow dotted lines?
Patellar Ligament (Infrapatellar Tendon)
White dotted line?
Posterior Fat Pad
red circle?
Fabella – a sesamoid bone found in the lateral head of the gastrocnemius tendon
light blue dotted line?
Infrapatellar Fat Pad (aka Hoffa’s Fat Pad)
yellow dotted line?
Suprapatellar Fat Pad
In lateral knee, which femoral condyle is more distal and larger?
medial
In AP knee, which margin of the lateral tibial plateau is more proximal?
anterior, because the tibial plateau slopes inferiorly A to P
Which articular facet of the patella has a more shallow angle relative to the coronal plane?
lateral (lateral condyle of femur is also smaller)
Which articular facet of the patella has a steeper angle relative to the coronal plane?
medial (medial condyle of the femur is also bigger)
