The enlarged proximal end of the tibia, which includes the tibial condyles and intercondylar eminence.
What is the tibial plateau?
100
The muscle responsible for initiation of knee flexion through internal rotation primarily, which unlocks the screw home mechanism.
What is the popliteus muscle?
100
The direction of the slide with open kinetic chain knee flexion.
What is posterior?
100
The position where you would place your patient if you wanted to make the hamstring muscles as weak as possible.
What is hip hyperextension and knee flexion (active insufficiency)?
200
Stabilizes the knee against forces from the lateral to medial side of the knee.
What is the MCL?
200
This bony structure contributes to lateral rotation of the knee occurring with terminal knee extension.
What is the medial condyle of the femur?
200
This muscle most likely needs strengthening in the presence of a lateral tracking patella.
What is vastus medialis or vastus medialis oblique (VMO)?
200
The agonist group and type of contraction utilized by the agonist group during the lowering phase of a lunge in the forward foot.
What is quadriceps (knee extensors) eccentrically?
200
This important area contains the popliteal artery and vein along with the tibial and common peroneal that supply the distal lower extremity with blood and nervous innervation.
What is popliteal space or fossa?
300
The direction of femoral glide prevented by the PCL
What is anterior glide?
300
The prominent ridge on the posterior femur, which serves as the origination attachment for many muscles that affect the knee including the vastus lateralis and medialis.
What is the linea aspera of the femur?
300
The muscle that inserts most posteriorly on the pes anserine area of the tibia.
What is the semitendinosus muscle?
300
Genu varus is most likely to wear out the articular surfaces on this side of the knee.
What is medial side or medial epicondyle?
300
Your assessment of a patient who can bend their knee fully in sitting but exhibits a loss of ROM in the prone position.
What is not enough information to make a judgment?
400
The muscle that must be strengthened to improve dynamic stability of the knee in a patient with an ACL tear that has not yet been surgically repaired.
What is hamstrings?
400
How one can tell the fibula head from the lateral malleolus of the fibula.
What is the fibula head is larger and has a narrow neck portion just inferior to it. Fibula head articulates with the tibia via an obliquely oriented plane joint. Lateral malleolus is smaller and articulation with the tibia is vertically oriented.
400
This muscle is passively insufficient if the patient is having a difficult time taking a large step due to complaints of stretch pain in the hyperextended leg.
What is the sartorius muscle?
400
Patients with chondromalacia patella will most likely complain of pain during this type of activity.
What is knee flexion with weight bearing (squatting, stair climbing, etc.)
400
One of the reasons the knee is the most commonly injured joint in the body?
What is long lever arms and no arthrokinematic stability, which means that ligaments and muscles are solely responsible for keeping the knee stable?
500
Avoid this exercise if the patient has a posterior horn tear of the medial meniscus.
What is hamstring exercises? (due to the attachment of the semimembranosus to the medial meniscus).
500
The landmarks used to measure the "Q-angle" of the knee.
What is the ASIS, midpoint of the patella and tibial tuberosity?
500
The function of the gastrocnemius at the knee in closed kinetic chain position.
What is knee extension?
500
An injury to the common peroneal portion of the sciatic nerve will affect this knee muscle.
What is the short head of biceps femoris?
500
Characterized by increased anteversion of the femur, genu valgus, medial tibial rotation and pronation of the foot.