Sports OR Day 2 Flashcards
3 compartments of the knee
Medial, lateral, patellofemoral
Why are Cruciates extra-synovial
Covered in capsule lining
Med students ACL
Ligamentum mucosum
Lateral knee first layer
IT Band
Biceps
Middle lateral knee
Lateral patellofemoral ligament and lateral patellar retinaculum
Deep lateral knee
Superficial: LCL and fabelofemoral ligament
Deep: popliteus, popliteofibular ligament, capsule, arcuate ligament
Where does the inferior lateral geniculate artery pass*
B/w the superficial and deep lamina of the third layer posterolateral corner
First layer of medial knee
Sartorius and deep fascia
Second layer of medial knee
Superficial MCL, posterior oblique ligament,
medial paterofemoral ligament, medial patellar retinaculum, semi-M
Third layer of medial knee
Deep MCL (meniscofemoral and meniscotibial fibers) Capsule
What attaches medial meniscus to tibial plateu
Coronary ligaments
3 layers of meniscus
- Superficial: woven collagen fiber pattern (circumferential)
2: Surface: randomly - Middle (deepest)- radially oriented fibers
Where is the lateral meniscus not attached
Popliteal hiatus
Two terminal branches of popliteal artery
Anterior and posterior tibial
What comes off the lateral cord of the plexus
Lateral pectoral nerve