Group · Joints & ligaments
Knee joint
Articulatio genus
- System
- Joints & ligaments
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Part of
- Synovial joints of free lower limb
DescriptionUnreviewed
In humans and other primates, the knee joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two joints: one between the femur and tibia (tibiofemoral joint), and one between the femur and patella (patellofemoral joint).
It is the largest joint in the human body.
The knee is a modified hinge joint, which permits flexion and extension as well as slight internal and external rotation.
The knee is vulnerable to injury and to the development of osteoarthritis.
It is often termed a compound joint having tibiofemoral and patellofemoral components.
(The fibular collateral ligament is often considered with tibiofemoral components.)
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Parts
- Anterior cruciate ligament
- Anterior meniscotibial ligament (Lateral meniscus)
- Anterior meniscotibial ligament (Medial meniscus)
- Arcuate popliteal ligament
- Articular capsule of knee joint
- Deep part of tibial collateral ligament
- Fibular collateral ligament
- Infrapatellar fat pad
- Lateral meniscus
- Medial meniscus
- Meniscopatellar ligament
- Oblique popliteal ligament
- Popliteofibular ligament
- Posterior cruciate ligament
- Posterior meniscotibial ligament (Lateral meniscus)
- Posterior meniscotibial ligament (Medial meniscus)
- Superficial part of tibial collateral ligament
- Transverse ligament of knee
Names
- Latin
- Articulatio genus
- English
- Knee joint
- French
- Articulation du genou
- Spanish
- Articulación de la rodilla
- Portuguese
- Articulação do joelho