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    The knee joint functions to lengthen and shorten the lower extremity, support the body during standing and movement, and aid in balance. It allows for flexion, extension, and rotation. The knee's ligaments and menisci provide stability, while muscles like the quadriceps and hamstrings allow it to lock and unlock. The knee articulates between the femur and tibia bones and between the patella and femur. It is stabilized by its bony structure, fibrous capsule, cruciate and collateral ligaments, menisci, and surrounding muscles. The posterior capsule, popliteus muscle, sartorius, gracilis, semitendinosus, semimembranosus, medial collateral lig

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    The knee joint functions to lengthen and shorten the lower extremity, support the body during standing and movement, and aid in balance. It allows for flexion, extension, and rotation. The knee's ligaments and menisci provide stability, while muscles like the quadriceps and hamstrings allow it to lock and unlock. The knee articulates between the femur and tibia bones and between the patella and femur. It is stabilized by its bony structure, fibrous capsule, cruciate and collateral ligaments, menisci, and surrounding muscles. The posterior capsule, popliteus muscle, sartorius, gracilis, semitendinosus, semimembranosus, medial collateral lig

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    Knee Joint - Function and Stability

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    The knee joint functions to lengthen and shorten the lower extremity, support the body during standing and movement, and aid in balance. It allows for flexion, extension, and rotation. The knee's ligaments and menisci provide stability, while muscles like the quadriceps and hamstrings allow it to lock and unlock. The knee articulates between the femur and tibia bones and between the patella and femur. It is stabilized by its bony structure, fibrous capsule, cruciate and collateral ligaments, menisci, and surrounding muscles. The posterior capsule, popliteus muscle, sartorius, gracilis, semitendinosus, semimembranosus, medial collateral lig

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    KNEE JOINT

    Function and Stability


    FUNCTION
    - Helps to functionally lengthen and shorten the lower extremity
    - Support the body while standing or moving, aids in balance
    - ACTIONS
    ● Flexion and Extension
    ● Medial and Lateral Rotation
    ● Valgus (Abduction) and Varus (Adduction)
    ● Coupled motions
    - Ligaments play a protective function
    - Locking and Unlocking mechanism of knee
    Stabilizers of the Knee
    Bony structures

    Articulation 1) the femur and tibia 2) the patella and femur

    Other structures

    -Fibrous capsule

    -Ligaments : Anterior and Posterior Cruciate Ligaments, Medial


    and Lateral Collateral Ligaments

    -Menisci : Medial and Lateral


    -Muscles: Quadriceps, Hamstring, Plantaris, Gastrocnemius, Soleus, Sartorius,
    Gracilis, Semitendinosus, Semimembranosus, Popliteus
    Medial/Lateral rotational stabilisers

    1) Posterolateral capsule
    2) Popliteus muscle
    3) Sartorius muscle
    4) Gracilis muscle
    5) Semitendinosus muscle
    6) Semimembranosus muscle
    7) Medial collateral ligament
    8) Lateral collateral ligament
    THANK YOU

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