General Injury
Injury to a ligament
What is a sprain
This ligament is commonly injured from a blow to the lateral knee while the foot is planted.
What is the medial collateral ligament or MCL
Most common type of ankle sprain
What is an inversion sprain
The true shoulder joint
What is the glenohumeral joint
Keeping the humeral head centered in the glenoid fossa during movement
What is the primary function of the rotator cuff muscles
What is a hematoma
This disorder involves the patellar tendon and it's attachment on the tibial tuberosity / growth plate. Commonly found in young, growing athletes.
This ligament is most commonly damaged in an eversion sprain
What is the deltoid ligament.
This rotator cuff muscle is irritated from impingement syndrome
Iliotibial band syndrome results from excessive friction between the ITB and this bony structure.
What is the lateral femoral condyle
A complete rupture of a ligament
What is a 3rd degree sprain
Joint line tenderness and locking of the knee are common symptoms of this injury.
What is a torn meniscus
Immediate rapid swelling in the knee joint is often a sign of this ligament injury and/or bone injury
What is a torn ACL or a fracture
The direction(s) the shoulder most commonly dislocates
What is anterior and inferior
A sudden increase in training load and training on hard surfaces are common causes of this bone injury
What are stress fractures
partial dislocation of a joint
What is a subluxation
Jumper's knee is a common name for this injury
What is patellar tendonitis
An injury to this ligament would be indicated by a positive Varus test
What is the Lateral Collateral Ligament or LCL.
A group of nerves that innervate the shoulder and arm
What is the brachial plexus
This muscle group extends the knee joint
What are the quadricep muscles.
3 structures commonly damaged in a joint dislocation
What are Ligaments, nerves, blood vessels, tendons
Provide shock absorption, increase stability of the knee joint, protect the joint surface of the tibial and femur
What is the function of the meniscus
The bony knobs located at the distal ends of the tibia and fibula.
What are the malleoli
This labrum injury commonly results from a dislocated shoulder.
What is a Bankhart lesion
What is Morton's neuroma