APY 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury, Ligament, Patellar Ligament

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: APY 345
• Professor: Sirianni Joyce

Document Summary

Anterior: sartorius m. & quadriceps femoris m. Medial: help keep knees together; abductors pectineus m. , adductor magnus m. Posterior: hamstrings; extension of hip & flexion of knee: comparative anatomy of anterior & gluteal regions: Gluteal mm. gluteus superficialis m. ->thin; gluteus maximus m. ->2 parts: comparative anatomy of hamstrings: Biceps femoris m: short head=nw monkey, apes, humans; common peroneal n, long head= macaques; biceps femoris flexores femoris n. ; tibial n. for humans. Semimembranosus m. 2 parts (monkeys & apes: proprius, accessorius (not in humans, fused with adductor, knee joint: Menisci medial & lateral; little discs: ligaments of the knee: 2 external: fibular (lateral) collateral ligament (lcl, tibial (medial) collateral ligament (mcl) 2 internal: (cruciate=cross over: anterior cruciate ligament (acl) inserts posteriorly, posterior cruciate ligament (pcl) inserts anteriorly, carrying angle: transfer of weight in knee 10-15 (h), bicondylar angle, muscles of the leg: leg= below knee; thigh= above knee. Flexors: anterior, toes up: common coronial n.