Knee and Thigh

What does your knee anatomy consist of?

• non of them

• Femur, tibia, fibular, and patella

• femur, tibial, fibula, patella

• femur, tibia, fibula, patella

What are the ligaments?

• Medial collateral ligament, lateral collateral ligament

• Medial collateral ligament, lateral collateral ligament, Anterior cruciate ligament

• vastis medialis, vastis leteralis

• Medial collateral ligament, lateral collateral ligament, Anterior cruciate ligament, and the posteriar cruciate ligament

will the acl be surgically repaired?

• Depends on how bad it is torn

• yes, always

• no

• no they just take it out

will the pcl need to be repaired?

• you cant tear your pcl

• no

• definetly

• probable not

do you need surgery for your mcl and lcl

• no

• yes

• definetly

• only if they both tear

varus and valgus goes to...

• medial collateral ligament = valgus

  lateral collateral ligament = varus

• varus goes with valgus

• acl = valgus

• pcl = varus

what is an unhappy triad

• when your knee hurts

• the acl and meniscus tear together

• when the acl, mcl, and meniscus all tear at the same time (blown out knee)

• the pcl, acl and meniscus all tear at the same time

what does the acl do?

• it does nothing

• its a form of cushion to the femur base

• it prevents posterior movement to the tibia

• it prevents anterior movement to the tibia