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Anatomy Exam #1
Lower Limb Bones - Femur
- Femur
- Head
- Neck
- Greater Trochanter
- Lesser Trochanter
- Gluteal Tuberosity
- Pectineal Line
- Linea Aspera
- Epicondyles
- Condyles
- Adductor Tubercle
2 mins
Lower Limb Bones - Tibia and Fibula
- Characteristics
- Tibia
- Tibial Plateau
- Medial and Lateral Condyles
- Tibial Tuberosity
- Gerdys Tubercle
- Fibular Notch
- Medial Malleolus
- Fibula
- Fibular Head
- Lateral Malleolus
2 mins
Foot Bones
- Tiger Cubs Need MILC
- Talus
- Calcaneus
- Navicular
- Medial Cuneiform
- Intermediate Cuneiform
- Lateral Cuneiform
- Cuboid
1 min
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS)
- Pathophysiology
- Young Female Athletes
- Runners
- Overuse Injury
- Idiopathic Patellar & Retinacular Pain
- Signs & Symptoms
- Chronic Anterior Knee Pain
- Increased with Squatting or Running
- Increased with Prolonged Sitting or Climbing Stairs
- Diagnosis
- Patellofemoral Compression Test
- Apprehension Sign
- Treatment
- NSAIDs
- Conservative Therapy
- Bracing
3 mins
MCL Tear
- Mechanism
- Medial Knee Injury
- Unhappy Triad
- Football
- Skiing
- Sign
- Valgus Stress Test
- Treatment
- Conservative Management
54 secs
ACL Tear
- Mechanism
- Non-contact
- Popping
- Sudden Stop
- Change in Direction
- Unhappy Triad
- Sign
- Lachman Test
- Treatment
- Reconstruction if Severe
1 min
Meniscus Tear
- Fibrocartilage Semicircular Band
- Traumatic
- Unhappy Triad
- Degenerative
- Symptoms
- Clicking and Locking
- McMurray Test
- Pain on External Rotation
- Treatment
- Conservative Management
- Surgery
1 min
Unhappy Triad
- Lateral Force on Knee with Planted Foot
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament
- Medial Collateral Ligament
- Medial Meniscus
- Diagnosis and Treatment
- Pain and Swelling of Knee
- Knee Instability
- MRI
- Surgery
4 mins
Prepatellar Bursitis
- Etiologies
- Repetitive Trauma on Flexed Knee
- "Housemaid's Knee"
- Symptoms
- Pain
- Erythema
- Complications
- Septic Bursitis
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Diagnosis
- Aspiration
- Management
- NSAIDs
- Antibiotics
2 mins
Leg Nerves
- Femoral
- Saphenous
- Posterior Femoral Cutaneous
- Sciatic
- Tibial
- Common Peroneal
- Superficial Peroneal
- Deep Peroneal
1 min
Leg Arteries
- Descending Aorta
- Iliac (Ilium)
- Common Femoral
- Deep Femoral
- Superficial Femoral
- Popliteal
- Anterior Tibial
- Posterior Tibial
- Peroneal
- Dorsalis Pedis
2 mins
Leg Veins
- Inferior Vena Cava
- Common Iliac (Ilium)
- External Iliac (Ilium)
- Great Saphenous
- Femoral
- Popliteal
- Small Saphenous
- Anterior Tibial
- Posterior Tibial
1 min
Anterior Lower Leg Anatomy
- Innervation
- Deep Peroneal Nerve
- General Action
- Dorsiflex Foot
- Muscles
- Tibialis Anterior
- Invert Foot
- Extensor Digitorum Longus
- Extend 4 Toes
- Extensor Hallucis Longus
- Extend Great Toe
1 min
Lateral Lower Leg Anatomy
- Innervation
- Superficial Peroneal Nerve
- Actions
- Eversion of Foot
- Plantarflexion of Foot
- Muscles
- Fibularis Brevis
- Fibularis Longus
55 secs
Posterior Lower Leg Anatomy
- Superficial Compartment
- Calcaneal Tendon
- Superficial Muscles
- Gastrocnemius
- Soleus
- Plantaris
- Deep compartment
- Deep Muscles
- Popliteus
- Tibialis Posterior
- Flexor Digitorum Longus
- Flexor Hallucis Longus
- Innervation
- Tibial Nerve
2 mins
Upper Limb Bones - Humerus
- Characteristics
- Greater Tubercle
- Lesser Tubercle
- Anatomic Neck
- Surgical Neck
- Deltoid Tuberosity
- Epicondyles
- Coronoid Fossa
- Capitulum
- Olecranon Fossa
- Trochlea
3 mins
Upper Limb Bones - Ulna and Radius
- Characteristics
- Ulna
- Olecranon Process
- Coronoid Process
- Trochlear Notch
- Radial Notch
- Styloid Process of Ulna
- Head of the Ulna
- Radius
- Radial Head
- Neck
- Radial Tuberosity
- Styloid Process
- Ulnar notch
- Listers (aka Dorsal) Tubercle
3 mins
Carpal Bones
- "Some Lovers Try Positions That They Can't Handle"
- Scaphoid
- Lunate
- Triquetrum
- Pisiform
- Trapezium
- Trapezoid
- Capitate
- Hamate
1 min
Hand Muscles
- Characteristics
- Opponens Pollicis
- Abductor Pollicis Brevis
- Flexor Pollicis Brevis
- Flexor Digiti Minimi Brevis
- Abductor Digiti Minimi Brevis
- Opponens Digiti Minimi
- Lumbricals
- Interossei (Palmar and Dorsal)
- Palmaris Brevis
- Adductor Pollicis
2 mins
Rotator Cuff
- External Rotation
- Teres Minor
- Infraspinatus
- Internal Rotation
- Subscapularis
- Abduction
- Supraspinatus
1 min
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