Knee Vocab Flashcards by Aubrey Neske | Brainscape

Q

Femur

A

Thigh Bone

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Fibula

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Small shin bone (outside lateral)

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Tibia

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Big shin bone

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patella

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sesamoid

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mcl

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lcl

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acl

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pcl

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quadricep

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responsible to straighting the knee

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hamstring

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responsible for bending the knee (flexion)

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subluxation

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partial/incomplete displacement of the bone

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dislocation

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displacement from a bones normal position

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Q

dashboard injury

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Injury to the PCL

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meniscus

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cushions between tibia and femur

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valgus

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knees move in (acl tear possible)

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varus

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knees move out (boe-legged)

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Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease

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growing athletic injury