Knee- not enough info to put on slides

Question 1

____ view: pt is semi supine with leg rotated 45 degrees with knee jt straight

Answer 1

medial oblique

no overlap

Question 2

Name the (2) additional knee views

Answer 2

Intercondylar (tunnel)

Tangential (sunrise)

Question 3

____ view is a better eval of the intercondylar notch

Answer 3

intercondylar (tunnel)

Question 4

____ view: best view for evaluating the patellofemoral jt

Answer 4

Tangential (sunrise)

Question 5

Which facet of the patella will be more flat and less of a slope

Answer 5

Lateral facet of the patella

dislocate lateral

Question 6

____ lies posterior to quadricep tendon

Answer 6

suprapatellar bursa

Question 7

___ appears on the distal femur because there is less bone anterior than posterior

Only visible on ___ view

Answer 7

Ludloff’s spot

seen on lateral view

Question 8

_______ measurement: (lateral view) the length of the patella (pole to pole) is compared to the length measured from the inferior posle of the patella to the superior notch of the tibial tuberosity

Answer 8

patellar position

Patella alto: high patella = longer bottom line

Patella baja: low

Question 9

patella position measurement: the 2 lengths should be equal, with up to ___% difference

Answer 9

20%

knee has to be flexed 45 degrees

Question 10

4 lines are drawn in an axial relationship. The lateral 2 angles are measured:
Femoral angle= ____-____ degrees
Tibial angle= ____-____ degrees

Answer 10

femoral angle: 75-85 degrees

tibial angle= 85-100 degrees

Question 11

_____ when one or more of the patellar centers may fail to unite

Answer 11

bipartite

Question 12

____ corner of the patella is the MC for a bipartite

Answer 12

superiorlateral corner

bilateral 80% of the time

Question 13

_____: complete or patial failure of cartilaginous centers to ossify the patella

Answer 13

hypoplastic / absent patella

Question 14

____: sesamoid bone that may lie within the lateral head of the gastrocnemius M

Answer 14

fabella

Question 15

a fabella may lie in the ____M

Answer 15

gastroc

Question 16

as long as the fibular zone is not equally scerolic when compared to the femur and tibia is normal during growth in this cc

Answer 16

zone of provisional calfication

Question 17

When can a vaccum cleft be seen in the knee

Answer 17

under lateral to medial stress or visa versa

usually on lateral view