The Knee Review Flashcards
MOVEMENT AWAY FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE BODY.
ABDUCTION
MOVEMENT TOWARD THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY.
ADDUCTION
PAIN IN A JOINT.
ARTHRALGIA
A CYST IN THE SYNOVIAL LINING OF THE KNEE ARISING IN THE POPLITEAL FOSSA.
BAKER’S CYST
INFLAMMATION OF THE FLUID-FILLED BURSEA BETWEEN THE SKIN AND A TENDON OR A TENDON AND BONE.
BURSITIS
MOVEMENT OF A BODY PART IN A CIRCULAR PATH WITHOUT NEEDING TO MOVE THE ENTIRE BODY PART.
CIRCUMDUCTION
A FREELY ARTICULATING JOINT (NOT PHYSICALLY CONNECTED) WITH A CAVITY CONTAINING A SYNOVIAL MEMBRANCE FILLED WITH FLUID. ALSO CALLED A SYNOVIAL JOINT.
DIARTHROSIS
STRAIGHTENING A JOINT.
EXTENSION
BENDING A JOINT.
FLEXION
BOWLEGGED WITH ABNORMALLY INCREASED SPACE BETWEEN THE KNEES AND THE LOWER LEGS BOWING INWARD.
GENU VARUM
KNOCK KNEE, WITH DECREASED SPACE BETWEEN KNEES AND INCREASED SPACE BETWEEN THE ANKLES.
GENU VALGUM
THE3 GROOVE BETWEEN THE LATERAL AND MEDIAL CONDYLES OF THE FEMUR.
INTERCANDYLAR GROOVE
A PROGRESSIVE CONDITION WHERE CARTILAGE IN A SYNOVIAL JOINT DETERONRATES CAUSING SWELLING AND PAIN.
OSTEOARTHRITIS
INFLAMMATION OF BONE AND CARTILAGE.
OSTEOCHONDRITIS
THE CONJOINED TENDONS OF THREE MUSCLES (SARTORIUS, GRACITIS AND SEMITENDINOSUS) THAT INSERT ON TO THE ANTEROMEDIAL SURFACE OF THE PROXIMAL TIBIA OF THE KNEE.
PES ANSERINUS
WHICH 3 BONES COME TOGETHER AT THE KNEE?
FEMUR, TIBIA, AND PATELLA
WHICH CONDYLES OF THE FEMUS ARTICULATE WITH THE PLATEAUS OF THE TIBIA?
LATERAL AND MEDIAL CONDYLES
WHAT ARTICULATES WITH THE POSTERIOR SURFACE OF THE PATELLA?
PATELLAR SURFACE OF THE FEMUR
NAME THE MENISCI OF THE KNEE.
MEDICAL MENISUS AND LATERAL MENISSUS
WHAT COVERS THE FEMORAL CONDUYLES AND THE TIBIAL PLATEAUS?
COVERED BY THICK LAYER OF HYALINE ARTICULAR CARTIALGE TO PROTECT THE BONE DURING ARTICULATION
THE PATELLA ARTICULATES WITH THE:
ANTERIOR FEMORAL SURFACE
THE PATELLA IS EMBEDDED IN THE:
TENDON OF QUADRICEPS
THE SMALL MUSCLE THAT STABILIZES THE KNEE IS CALLED THE:
POPLITEUS
BLOOD IS SUPPLIED TO THE KNEE THROUGH WHICH ARTERY?
FEMORAL ARTERY
THE MOST COMMON DISEASE AFFECTING THE KNEE IS:
OSTEOARTHRITIS
COMMON INJURY CAUSED BY A SUDDEN TWISTING OF THE KNEE:
TORN ACL
