The Knee Review

Question 1

MOVEMENT AWAY FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE BODY.

Answer 1

ABDUCTION

Question 2

MOVEMENT TOWARD THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY.

Answer 2

ADDUCTION

Question 3

PAIN IN A JOINT.

Answer 3

ARTHRALGIA

Question 4

A CYST IN THE SYNOVIAL LINING OF THE KNEE ARISING IN THE POPLITEAL FOSSA.

Answer 4

BAKER’S CYST

Question 5

INFLAMMATION OF THE FLUID-FILLED BURSEA BETWEEN THE SKIN AND A TENDON OR A TENDON AND BONE.

Answer 5

BURSITIS

Question 6

MOVEMENT OF A BODY PART IN A CIRCULAR PATH WITHOUT NEEDING TO MOVE THE ENTIRE BODY PART.

Answer 6

CIRCUMDUCTION

Question 7

A FREELY ARTICULATING JOINT (NOT PHYSICALLY CONNECTED) WITH A CAVITY CONTAINING A SYNOVIAL MEMBRANCE FILLED WITH FLUID. ALSO CALLED A SYNOVIAL JOINT.

Answer 7

DIARTHROSIS

Question 8

STRAIGHTENING A JOINT.

Answer 8

EXTENSION

Question 9

BENDING A JOINT.

Answer 9

FLEXION

Question 10

BOWLEGGED WITH ABNORMALLY INCREASED SPACE BETWEEN THE KNEES AND THE LOWER LEGS BOWING INWARD.

Answer 10

GENU VARUM

Question 11

KNOCK KNEE, WITH DECREASED SPACE BETWEEN KNEES AND INCREASED SPACE BETWEEN THE ANKLES.

Answer 11

GENU VALGUM

Question 12

THE3 GROOVE BETWEEN THE LATERAL AND MEDIAL CONDYLES OF THE FEMUR.

Answer 12

INTERCANDYLAR GROOVE

Question 13

A PROGRESSIVE CONDITION WHERE CARTILAGE IN A SYNOVIAL JOINT DETERONRATES CAUSING SWELLING AND PAIN.

Answer 13

OSTEOARTHRITIS

Question 14

INFLAMMATION OF BONE AND CARTILAGE.

Answer 14

OSTEOCHONDRITIS

Question 15

THE CONJOINED TENDONS OF THREE MUSCLES (SARTORIUS, GRACITIS AND SEMITENDINOSUS) THAT INSERT ON TO THE ANTEROMEDIAL SURFACE OF THE PROXIMAL TIBIA OF THE KNEE.

Answer 15

PES ANSERINUS

Question 16

WHICH 3 BONES COME TOGETHER AT THE KNEE?

Answer 16

FEMUR, TIBIA, AND PATELLA

Question 17

WHICH CONDYLES OF THE FEMUS ARTICULATE WITH THE PLATEAUS OF THE TIBIA?

Answer 17

LATERAL AND MEDIAL CONDYLES

Question 18

WHAT ARTICULATES WITH THE POSTERIOR SURFACE OF THE PATELLA?

Answer 18

PATELLAR SURFACE OF THE FEMUR

Question 19

NAME THE MENISCI OF THE KNEE.

Answer 19

MEDICAL MENISUS AND LATERAL MENISSUS

Question 20

WHAT COVERS THE FEMORAL CONDUYLES AND THE TIBIAL PLATEAUS?

Answer 20

COVERED BY THICK LAYER OF HYALINE ARTICULAR CARTIALGE TO PROTECT THE BONE DURING ARTICULATION

Question 21

THE PATELLA ARTICULATES WITH THE:

Answer 21

ANTERIOR FEMORAL SURFACE

Question 22

THE PATELLA IS EMBEDDED IN THE:

Answer 22

TENDON OF QUADRICEPS

Question 23

THE SMALL MUSCLE THAT STABILIZES THE KNEE IS CALLED THE:

Answer 23

POPLITEUS

Question 24

BLOOD IS SUPPLIED TO THE KNEE THROUGH WHICH ARTERY?

Answer 24

FEMORAL ARTERY

Question 25

THE MOST COMMON DISEASE AFFECTING THE KNEE IS:

Answer 25

OSTEOARTHRITIS

Question 26

COMMON INJURY CAUSED BY A SUDDEN TWISTING OF THE KNEE:

Answer 26

TORN ACL