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Knee
Human knees
Right knee seen from the right side
Details
System
Musculoskeletal system
Nerve
Femoral, obturator, sciatic
Identifiers
Latin
articulatio genus
MeSH
D007717
TA98
A01.1.00.036
TA2
161
FMA
24974
Anatomical terminology
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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).[1] It is the largest joint in the human body.[2] 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.[3][4] (The fibular collateral ligament is often considered with tibiofemoral components.)[5]
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^Rytter, Søren; Egund, Niels; Jensen, Lilli; Bonde, Jens (2009). "Occupational kneeling and radiographic tibiofemoral and patellofemoral osteoarthritis". Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology. 4: 19. doi:10.1186/1745-6673-4-19. PMC 2726153. PMID 19594940.
^Gill TJ, Van de Velde SK, Wing DW, Oh LS, Hosseini A, Li G (2009). "Tibiofemoral and Patellofemoral Kinematics After Reconstruction of an Isolated Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: In Vivo Analysis During Lunge". The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 37 (12): 2377–2385. doi:10.1177/0363546509341829. PMC 3832057. PMID 19726621.
^Scott, Jacob; Lee, Ho; Barsoum, Wael; Van Den Bogert, Antonie J. (2007). "The effect of tibiofemoral loading on proximal tibiofibular joint motion". Journal of Anatomy. 211 (5): 647–653. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00803.x. PMC 2375777. PMID 17764523.
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