knee

Question 1

Fibula

Answer 1

the outer and usually smaller of the two bones between the knee and the ankle

Question 2

Femur

Answer 2

the bone of the thigh or upper hind limb, articulating at the hip and the knee

Question 3

Tibia

Answer 3

the shinbone, the larger of the two bones in the lower leg

Question 4

Patella

Answer 4

knee cap

Question 5

Sesamoid

Answer 5

small independent bone

Question 6

MCL

Answer 6

medial collateral ligament

Question 7

LCL

Answer 7

lateral collateral ligament

Question 8

PCL

Answer 8

posterior cruciate ligament

Question 9

ACL

Answer 9

anterior cruciate ligament

Question 10

Quadricep Muscles

Answer 10

the rectus femoris, the vastus lateralis, the vastus intermedius, and the vastus medialis

Question 11

Hamstring Muscles

Answer 11

Semitendinosus
Semimembranosus
Biceps femoris

Question 12

Subluxation

Answer 12

a partial dislocation

Question 13

Dislocation

Answer 13

a separation of two bones where they meet at a joint

Question 14

Dashboard Injury

Answer 14

involved in a car crash, one or both knees may have struck the dashboard

Question 15

Meniscus

Answer 15

a C-shaped piece of cartilage that acts as a cushion between the shinbone (tibia) and thighbone (femur)

Question 16

Valgus

Answer 16

a deformity involving oblique displacement of part of a limb away from the midline

Question 17

Varus

Answer 17

excessive inward angulation (medial angulation, that is, towards the body’s midline)

Question 18

Osgood - Schlatter’s Disease

Answer 18

an overuse condition or injury of the knee that causes a painful bump and swelling on the shinbone below the knee