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Removed some text. Patella is anterior to the knee and not in the center of it: 18:57, 17 April 2011: 800 × 729 (29 KB) John Holmes II: Edited in Adobe Illustrator to make some of the arrows more clear. 07:55, 19 July 2010: 800 × 729 (58 KB) Mysid: DejaVu Sans Condensed: 14:17, 14 November 2008: 800 × 729 (63 KB) ChrisiPK
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The knee is a modified hinge joint, a type of synovial joint, which is composed of three functional compartments: the patellofemoral articulation, consisting of the patella, or "kneecap", and the patellar groove on the front of the femur through which it slides; and the medial and lateral tibiofemoral articulations linking the femur, or thigh bone, with the tibia, the main bone of the lower ...
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Most ACL tears are a result of a non-contact mechanism such as a sudden change in a direction causing the knee to rotate inward. As the knee rotates inward, additional strain is placed on the ACL, since the femur and tibia, which are the two bones that articulate together forming the knee joint, move in opposite directions, causing the ACL to tear.
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The medial collateral ligament (MCL), also called the superficial medial collateral ligament (sMCL) or tibial collateral ligament (TCL), [1] is one of the major ligaments of the knee. It is on the medial (inner) side of the knee joint and occurs in humans and other primates. Its primary function is to resist valgus (inward bending) forces on ...
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