Knee Unit

Question 1

tibia

Answer 1

commonly known as the shinbone, is a crucial weight-bearing bone in the lower leg

Question 2

fibula

Answer 2

a long, thin bone located on the outer side of the lower leg, parallel to the tibia (shinbone)

Question 3

femur

Answer 3

the thigh bone, the longest and strongest bone in the human body

Question 4

meniscus

Answer 4

a C-shaped piece of tough, rubbery cartilage that acts as a shock absorber between the shinbone (tibia) and the thighbone (femur) in the knee joint

Question 5

patella

Answer 5

The Kneecap; a small, triangular-shaped bone located at the front of the knee joint

Question 6

OSD

Answer 6

Osgood-Schlatters Disease-Inflammed, bump, painful,adolecent

Question 7

MCL

Question 8

LCL

Question 9

ACL

Question 10

PCL

Question 11

Knee Valgus

Answer 11

the legs bow INWARD, with the knees potentially touching or brushing each other. knock-knee

Question 12

Knee Varus

Answer 12

refers to a bowlegged appearance where the legs bow OUTWARD

Question 13

unhappy triad

Answer 13

a combination of three injuries in the knee joint: ACL tear, MCL tear, Medial meniscus tear.