Terms 9

Question 1

Medical collateral ligament; prevents valves stress to the knee

Answer 1

MCL

Question 2

Lateral collateral ligament; prevents valves stress to the knee

Answer 2

LCL

Question 3

Force from the outside (lateral aspect) of the knee, forcing the knee inward medially)

Answer 3

Valgus

Question 4

force from the inside (medial aspect) of the knee, forcing the knee outward (laterally)

Answer 4

Varus

Question 5

Anterior cruciate ligament; prevents posterior translation of the tibia along the femur

Answer 5

PCL

Question 6

patella tract in the femur

Answer 6

Trochlea

Question 7

Anterior cruciate ligament; prevents anterior translation of the tibia along the femur

Answer 7

ACL

Question 8

testing the integrity of the ACL

Answer 8

Lachman’s examine

Question 9

Inflammation of the common tendon on the medial side of the knee for the sartorial, gracious, and semitendinosus

Answer 9

Pes anserine tendonitis

Question 10

Inflammation of the common tendon of the quadriceps located from the superior aspect of the patella, then running distally and attaching to the tibial tuberosity

Answer 10

Paltellar Tendonitis

Question 11

Comprises the hip, low back; function is to hold up the trunk of the body and link to the lower extremities

Answer 11

Pelvic girdle

Question 12

Inferior portion of the hip and contains the ischial tuberosity which is the attachment site for hamstrings

Answer 12

Ischium

Question 13

Most superior and largest portion of the hip bone and attachment site for the hip flexors

Answer 13

Ilium

Question 14

Pubis

Answer 14

Medial/inferior portion of the hip bone and attachment site for groin muscles

Question 15

Sacrum

Answer 15

Fused portion the final column that forms the SI joint with the ilium of the hip

Question 16

Tail bone

Answer 16

Coccyx

Question 17

Forms the socket of the ball and socket joint of the hip; insertion site for the head of the femur

Answer 17

Acetabulum

Question 18

Ball of the hip joint, 40% covered by the acetabulum

Answer 18

Femoral head

Question 19

Joins head of femur to the shaft of the femur

Answer 19

Femoral neck

Question 20

Muscle attachment site on the most proximal/lateral aspect of the femur, just distal to the femoral neck

Answer 20

Greater trochanter

Question 21

Muscle attachment site inferior to the greater trochanter of the femur

Answer 21

Lesser trochanter

Question 22

bleeding creates deposits of minerals in a contracted area leading to calcification and bone growth within soft tissue structures

Answer 22

Myositis ossificans

Question 23

Knee extension; rectus femoris; vastus lateralis; vastus medialus; vastus intermedias

Answer 23

Quadriceps

Question 24

knee flexion/hip extension; biceps femoris; semimembranosus, semitendinosus

Answer 24

Hamstrings

Question 25

Longitudinal fibrous reinforcement of the tensor fascia latte. The action of the ITB and its associated muscles is to flee, abduct, and medially rotate the hip

Answer 25

Illiotibal (IT) band