MSC Week 3- Knee Week Exam Questions and Correct Answers

MSC Week 3: Knee Week Exam Questions
and Correct Answers
Transverse ligament - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅



Tendons contain more - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Collagen and less elastin than
ligaments


Tendons - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅orient themselves along stress, strong in tension and
force influence mechanical properties


Articular cartilages are where - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅On the patella, femur and tibia



Articular cartilage functions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅It is the interface of the bones
forming joints
- decreases friction
-decreases loads
-provides smooth articulation
- Avascular
-Aneural


Snynovial fluid - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅provides nutrition for the articular cartilage



osteophytes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅outgrowth of bone aka bone spur



Medial tibiofemoral - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the inside of the knee



Lateral tibiofemoral - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅outside of the tibia on the knee

, Patellofemoral - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Under the patella



Front view of the knee - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅AP view (Anterior posterior view)



Side view of the knee - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Lateral view



Back view of the knee - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Oblique view



Medial Collateral ligament - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Inside ligament that goes outside
of the knee


Lateral collateral ligament - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅outside ligament that goes outside
of the knee


What do the medial and lateral collateral ligaments do? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Provides stability to the knee in the coronal plane



The medial collateral ligament is the largest and - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Strongest of
the collateral ligaments.


The lateral collateral ligament attaches - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Posterior femoral
condyle and fibular head


The medial collateral ligament origin is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the medial femoral
epicondyle and attaches to the medial tibial condyle


ACL is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the major ligament that regulates anterior tibial
translation