involves a set of symptoms that include pain and discomfort around the patella, often caused by patellar tracking problems.
What is Patellofemoral syndrome
100
the syndrome where fat is trapped between two knee bones
What is fat pad syndrome
100
Name the three bones that compose the knee joint.
What is patella, tibia, and femur.
200
The primary muscles spanning the knee include the quadriceps and the __________.
What is hamstrings
200
What is a way athletic trainers, and athletes protect the MCL?
What are Preventive Knee Braces.
200
The most common injury to the meniscus
What is tear
200
the cartilage in the knee
What is meniscus
200
Identify the four primary ligaments that stabilize the knee.
What is MCL, LCL, ACL, and PCL?
300
The three __________ muscles attach on the posterior aspect of the lower pelvis and run down the back of the thigh and across the knee to their attachment on the tibia.
What is hamstring
300
the condition where the knees go inward
What is knock-knees
300
most vulnerable part of the knee
What is ligaments
300
painful swelling of the bump on the upper part of the shinbone, just below the knee.
What is Osgood-Schlatter disorder
300
Name the four muscles of the quadriceps.
What is vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, and rectus femoris?
400
The ends of the tibia and the femur are covered and cushioned by pieces of tough cartilage tissue called the ______.
What is menisci
400
what is the condition where the knees go out
What is bowlegs
400
Frequently injured when an athlete receives a blow to the outside of the knee
What is MCL
400
painful swelling of the bump on the upper part of the shinbone, just below the knee.
What is Hoffa's syndrome
400
What three muscles compose the hamstrings?
What is biceps femoris, the semitendinosus and the semimembranosus?
500
The ________ __________ ____________ keeps the tibia from moving forward on the femur.
What is anterior cruciate ligament
500
neuromuscular training involves balance training and proper deceleration of activities involving knee _________
What is flexion
500
Tears of the meniscus used to be treated by surgically removing the entire meniscus is called______.
What is meniscectomy
500
inflammation of the underside of the patella
What is chondromalacia
500
If an injury caused the tibia to move forward on the femur, what ligament would most likely become overstretched or torn?