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Q

take a netter quiz on leg muscles

A

give yourself a 1 on this card

1
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who gets more ACL tears?

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Ladies

2
Q

Major knee flexors

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Biceps Femoris, Semitendinosus, Semimembranosus

3
Q

major knee extensors

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quadriceps femoris, rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis oblique, iliotibial band

4
Q

What combines into the pes an scrinus

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Sartorius, Gracilis, Semitendinosus

5
Q

hamstring

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semitendinosus, semimembransosus, biceps femoris

6
Q

patellar dislocation tends to be

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lateral

7
Q

i just saw a patellar dislocation

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immediate reduction is ok

8
Q

common popliteal problem

A

Baker’s Cyst

9
Q

4 common knee radiograph views

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AP weight bearing
AP non weight bearing
Lateral
Sunrise

10
Q

bony sclerosis

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whitening on xray where bones have been rebuilt due to lots of rubbing

11
Q

What that PCL do?

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prevents excessive internal rotation, guides during flexion

12
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What that ACL do?

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Stops excessive internal rotation, stabilizes in full extension, prevents hyperextension

13
Q

What that MCL do?

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Restraint to valgus stress

14
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What that LCL do?

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Restraint to varus stress

15
Q

knee degrees of flexion

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140

16
Q

big question for knee injury

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did you hear a pop or snap?

17
Q

one good sign of knee joint effusion

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ballottable patella

18
Q

Test them MCL and LCL, son

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valgus and varus stress test

19
Q

test that ACL, dogg

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Drawer test (with foot both externally and internally rotated), Lachman’s test

20
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Lachman’s test

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at 30 degrees of flexion, hold femur tight, push it dorsally, pull tibia anteriorly, looking for solid endpoint to movement

21
Q

Test that PCL

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posterior drawer test

22
Q

test them meniscuses

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McMurray’s meniscal test, fully flex and extend with foot internally and externally rotated, load joint by holding foot with your armpit

23
Q

Positive McMurray

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popping or clicking or locking

24
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Osgood-Schlatter

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apophysitis at tibial tubercle, think Beau’s knees