Ligament/Muscles
Special Tests
General Knee/Vital Signs
Pulse & Temperature
Respiration and Blood Pressure
100

Attaches bone to bone

Ligament 

100

What does Lachman's test for? 

Torn ACL 

100

A state of balance within the human body.

What is Homeostasis?

100

What is the normal range for pulse?

60-100

100

What is the normal blood pressure?

120/80

200

What does PCL stand for? 

Posterior Cruciate Ligament

200

Athlete is supine w/ both knees flexed to 90 degrees

Posterior Sag Test (Godfrey's 90/90 Test)

200

What are a person’s cardinal vital signs?

•Temperature

•Pulse

•Respiration

•Blood Pressure

200

What is the normal range for temperature? 

96-99

200

What is the normal range for respiration?

12-20

300

What does ACL stand for? 

Anterior Cruciate Ligament

300
What special test has a patient stand on one leg? 

Thessaly Test

300
What are structures that you should palpate during a knee examination?

Medial tibial plateau, Medial femoral condyle, Adductor tubercle, Gerdy’s tubercle, Lateral tibial plateau, Lateral femoral condyle, Lateral epicondyle, Medial epicondyle, Patella, Tibia, Fibula, etc. 






300

is created by the pressure of blood pushing against the wall of an artery as the heart contracts and relaxes.

Pulse 

300

Bubbling or rattling sounds in the lungs

Rales

400

Name the Quad Muscles 

Rectus Fumoirs 

VMO

VLO 

Vastus Intermedialis Oblique 


400

What are the normal Q angles for male and females? 

Males - 10 

Females - 15

400

What component involves the "screw home mechanism"? 

Rotational

400

Body temperature is regulated by?

Hypothalamus 

400
What is the range for HBP 1?

Systolic 130-139 

Diastolic 80-89

500

Name the hamstring muscles 

Semitend

Semimem 

Biceps Femoris

500

Hard downward pressure is applied w/ rotation. What is the test? 

Apley’s Compression Test

500

How long are braces typically worn after surgery?

3-6 weeks

500

Name 5 pulse sites

Brachial 

Radial 

Temporal 

Femoral 

Apical 

Posterior Tibial 

Dorsalis Pedis 

500

Explain how you would give blood pressure

Have patient sit down

Place blood pressure cuff on the patient around arm 

Make sure the stethoscope is over the brachial artery 

Blow the cuff to 200 and start to slowly let air out 

Listen for the first heart beat and the last heart beat 

Record

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