Joints - Knee joint Flashcards
The knee joint is the _______ and most _______ joint.
Largest and most complex
The knee joint primarily acts as a ____ joint. Meaning it is _______.
Hinge joint
uniaxial
Two _______ _____ occur within the joint cavity.
Fibrocartilage menisci.
The condyles of the _____ roll along the almost flat condyles of the _____.
femur
tibia
The knee joints performs what types of movements?
Flexion and extension
______ tendon runs through the ______ and inserts on the _____ ________.
Quadriceps
Patella
tibial tuberosity
In the knee joint, ______ prevents friction of the ______ on the _______ tendon.
Bursa
tibia
quadriceps
Two ________ ligaments called ______ ligaments are found within the knee capsule.
Cruciate means to _____.
Two intracapsular ligaments called cruciate ligaments are found within the knee capsule.
Cruciate means to cross.
The lateral ______ are on either side of the _______ ligaments.
Menisci
Cruciate
_______ floats into the quadriceps tendon.
Patella
The major ligaments of the knee joint become _____ when the knee is extended to prevent _________.
taut
hyperextension
What are the major ligaments of the knee joint?
Extracapsular ligaments.
Extracapsular ligaments, include what? What do they prevent?
Fibular collateral ligament (lateral)
Tibial collateral ligament (MCL) (medial)
Prevent medial/lateral movement of the leg.
The MCL is located on the ______.
tibia
The intracapsular ligaments are called the ________ ligaments.
They cross each other like an ___.
Each cruciate ligament runs from the _______ ____ to the _____ _____.
cruciate
X
proximal tibia
distal femur
