Knee Anatomy
The 4 bones of the knee
What are the Patella, Femur, Tibia, and Fibula.
The muscles responsible for flexion of the knee
What are the hamstrings.
What is the term for inferiorly shifted patellas?
What is Patella Baja
Anterior Drawer, Lelli's, Lachman's, Pivot Shift Tests
What are ACL tests
What special tests evaluate for tight quads?
What are the Thomas and Ely's Tests
The cartilage at the ends of bones
What is articular cartilage
What are the muscles of the quadriceps?
What are the rectus femoris, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius, and vastus lateralis.
If someone's Q angle measurement was greater than 20 degrees, what would that be classified as?
What is Genu valgum
Apley's compression/distraction, McMurray's, Bounce Home Tests
What are Meniscus special tests
What special test evaluates the IT bands tightness?
What is Ober's Test
The C in ACL and PCL
What is cruciate
What is normal ROM for knee flexion?
What is 140 degrees
The term for Bow-legged
What is Genu Varum
Valgus and Varus tested at 0 degrees test the collateral ligament and what other structure?
What is the joint capsule
The main direction that patellar dislocations occur is...
What is laterally.
The anterior tendons of the knee
What are the quadriceps and patellar tendons.
If someone's knee extension read -10, what would that be considered?
What is hyperextension
ASIS stands for
What makes Apley's distraction positive?
What is the relief of pain
What is wrong with the following statement:
s/s consistent c a grade II strain of the ACL of the R knee.
What is you cannot strain a ligament. Strains refer to tear in tendons or muscles while sprains refer to tears in ligaments.
The entire knee joint is surrounded by connective tissue that forms the...
What is the synovial joint capsule.
When measuring knee ROM, the stationary arm of the goniometer should be aligned with what landmark?
What is the greater trochanter of the femur.
What part of the tibia does the patellar tendon insert?
What is the tibial tuberosity
Clinically speaking if Bounce home is positive but the other special tests are negative, what could your prognosis be?
What is a PCL injury
What is the muscle of the IT band?
What is the Tensor Fascia Latae