Knee Vocab List

Question 1

Femur

Answer 1

Connects hip to knee, thigh bone, 1/3 bones made up of knee joint

Question 2

Fibula

Answer 2

Calf bone, smaller than tibia, top end is below knee joint, NOT part of knee joint

Question 3

Tibia

Answer 3

One of three bones made up of the knee joint, knee to ankle, shin bone

Question 4

Patella

Answer 4

kneecap, cover of knee, helps muscles, tendons, and ligaments work correctly, helps you move your knee

Question 5

Sesamoid

Answer 5

The patella is a sesamoid bone (def: small bone embedded between muscle or tendon.)

Question 6

MCL

Answer 6

Prevents femur from moving side to side, inside, connects femur and tibia

Question 7

LCL

Answer 7

On the outside of your knee, connects femur and fibula

Question 8

PCL

Answer 8

strongest ligament in knee, stabilizes tibia and femur, prevents tibia from moving backward

Question 9

ACL

Answer 9

Stabilizes tibia and femur, prevents tibia from moving forward against femur.

Question 10

Quadricep Muscles

Answer 10

hip flexor and knee extensor

Question 11

Hamstring Muscles

Answer 11

Two joint muscles that cross the hip and knee joint

Question 12

Subluxation

Answer 12

knee cap has briefly slid out of its spot

Question 13

Dislocation

Answer 13

The patella slides out of place, surgery needed

Question 14

Dashboard Injury

Answer 14

Force applied to the front of the knee cap

Question 15

Meniscus

Answer 15

Two C shaped pieces of the cartilage that acts as a cushion between the thigh bone (femur) and the shin bone (tibia)

Question 16

Valgus

Answer 16

“knock-knee” knee goes inward

Question 17

Varus

Answer 17

“bowed leg” goes outward

Question 18

Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease

Answer 18

a condition that causes pain and swelling below the knee joint, where the patellar tendon attaches to the top of the shinbone (tibia)