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Genu varum is a varus deformity in which the tibia is turned inward in relation to the femur, resulting in a bowlegged deformity. The degree of varus or valgus deformity can be quantified by the hip-knee-ankle angle , [ 36 ] which is an angle between the femoral mechanical axis and the center of the ankle joint . [ 37 ]
It arises from the anterior surface of the lower part of the body of the femur, [2] deep to the vastus intermedius, [3] close to the knee and from the deep fibers of the vastus intermedius.
The articular capsule of the knee joint is the wide and lax joint capsule of the knee.It is thin in front and at the side, and contains the patella, ligaments, menisci, and bursae of the knee. [1]
A joint or articulation (or articular surface) is the connection made between bones, ossicles, or other hard structures in the body which link an animal's skeletal system into a functional whole.
A meniscus (pl.: menisci or meniscuses) is a crescent-shaped fibrocartilaginous anatomical structure that, in contrast to an articular disc, only partly divides a joint cavity. [1]
The descending genicular artery (also known as the highest genicular artery) arises from the femoral artery just before its passage through the adductor hiatus.. The descending geniculate artery immediately divides into two branches: [contradictory] a saphenous branch (which classically joins with the medial inferior genicular artery), and muscular and articular branches.
Genu, a Latin word for "knee," may refer to: Genu of internal capsule; Genu of the corpus callosum; Genu recurvatum; Genu valgum; Genu varum; Genu, Iran ...
Examples of this form of articulation are found in the hip, where the round head of the femur (ball) rests in the cup-like acetabulum (socket) of the pelvis; and in the shoulder joint, where the rounded upper extremity of the humerus (ball) rests in the cup-like glenoid fossa (socket) of the shoulder blade. [2]