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Articulation b/ w femur and tibia
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Knee Joint
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What type of synovial is knee joint
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Hinge-type synovial joint
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The main ROM that occur in the knee joint is...
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Flexion and extension
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Also in knee joint occur a some minimal...
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Rotation
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Tibia is flattened...
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Superiorly
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Flattened superiorly are the medial and lateral...
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Superior articular surfaces or tibia plateaus.
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Tibial plateaus is separate by...
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Intercondylar eminence
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Roughned areas below tibial plateaus are...
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Medial and lateral condyles
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--------------is attachment site for the patellar tendon/ligament
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Tibial tuberosity
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Tibia descend distally as a triangular shaft to become the...
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Medial malleolus of the ankle.
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Femoral condyles is ...
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Posteriorly
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Where Anterior Cruciate ligament (ACL) and Posterior Cruciate ligament (PCL) attachment?
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Intercondylar eminence
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Attachment site for the medial and lateral meniscus...
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Tibial plateaus
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The articular surface of the femoral condyles are larger than...
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The articular surface of the tibial plateaus
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Some "sliding" occurs in the joint if not...
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The femoral condyles would "roll off" the tibial plateaus.
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