Medial meniscus

the tibia superior to the soleal line siddharth et al (2014). It runs superiorly and laterally, penetrating the fibrous membrane of the knee joint by its tendon my book. The popliteus tendon (PT) passes between the fibrous membrane and the lateral meniscus (LM) toward the lateral…

her bilateral lower extremities and knee while she was moving a lift gate and part of a machine hit her leg. As per OMNI entry, the patient was diagnosed with torn meniscus and cut/bruising. She is status post right knee arthroscopic right lateral meniscectomy, lateral compartment chondroplasty, and patellofemoral compartment and medial femoral condyle chondroplasty on 05/23/14 and right total knee replacement surgery on 8/3/15. Urine drug screen dated 05/06/16 showed positive findings for…

contusion/tibial plateau fracture, and fracture of the right fifth metatarsal. MRI of the left knee obtained on 09/24/11 showed chronic depressed lateral tibial plateau fracture with depression of approximately 6 mm peripherally, lateral meniscus tear, chondral flap lesion medial femoral condyle anteriorly, condyle flap lesion of the lateral patellar facet, synovitis and joint effusion. Per the Ortho AME report dated 01/13/15 by Dr. Wood, patient…

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of all, the ACL is a ligament in the knee. The knee joint is the articulation between the femur, patella, tibia, and fibula. The patella is the knee cap. There are many other ligaments that are present in the knee. The medial collateral and lateral collateral ligaments control medial and lateral stability of the knee as their…

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Motocross is considered to be one of the most dangerous sports. Most riders who take the sport of motocross seriously understand and accept the major risks involved with injuries. If you as a rider have not sustained injuries yourself, you certainly know someone who has. Visiting riding friends at the hospital is a common event. Sometimes it seems it is harder for the family of the rider to accept these risks than the rider himself. The risks riders take, range from minor cuts and scrapes to…

Supination will results to damage in the lateral ligaments, pronation will results to damage in the medial structure and rotation damage to the syndesmotic. Swelling immediate inferior to the lateral malleus will be signalling injury to the ATF and swelling above can be resembling syndesmotic or fibular fracture. (Rubin, 2001) (Rolf, 2007) Activities…

With many ligaments, muscles and bones all in a single joint, it takes contributions from each component to create a functional knee. As mentioned before, there are five ligaments in the knee, posterior cruciate ligament, anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament, lateral collateral ligament and the patellar ligament. Bones that make up the knee are the femur, patella, tibia and fibula. Muscles surrounding the knee include the quadriceps, hamstrings, and…

by Baliunas et al. (2002), discovered that subjects with OA had a tendency to have a greater than normal peak external knee adduction moment. Clearly this deviation of knee alignment in the sagittal plane has caused there to be extra stress on the medial compartment of the knee which can lead to knee osteoarthritis.…