PDF-Meniscus Tear Handout

wHat Is It the meniscus is a Cshaped piece of cartilage in the knee that cushions and acts as a shock absorber between your thigh bone femur and shin bone tibia you have both an inner medial. Volume. – (def.) . the amount of space an object takes up. How could you find the. volume of a glass of. water? A penny?. Glass of water – measure out the volume using a graduated cylinder. Penny – use the “Water Displacement Method. What is a Meniscus?. The menisci are crescent-shaped . fibrocartilaginous. discs located between the distal femoral condyles and proximal . tibial. plateau . Function of the Meniscus. Distributes stress across the joint surface by providing a larger area of contact. A PICTORIAL REVIEW. EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT. ABSTRACT ID:  IRIA . – 1177. Authors. : Dr . Subarekha T B*, Dr Mohan Kumar Y*, Dr Murugesan A*, Dr Anbarasu A. **, Dr . Sivasubramanian B**, . Institution: . Determine Scale (What is each line worth?). Measure bottom of meniscus. Get to . eye level. . . Scale . Take two numbered lines that are next to each other and find their difference.. . Divide that by the number of spaces between our two numbers.. Anatomy & injury prevention. Renee Chambers. High School athletes . Why to be concerned as an athlete. You use your knees for everything!. Too. common. you can injure yourself . anytime . Better understanding = better injury prevention. Normal Anatomy. Classification. Partial Tear. Full Thickness Tear. Small < 1 cm. Medium 1 -3 cm. Large 3-5 cm. Massive > 5 cm. Asymptomatic Tear. Partial and full thickness tears can be asymptomatic with nil pain or loss of function. Assistant Professor. University of Georgia Health Sciences Center. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. No Financial Disclosures. Orthopedic Surgeon. Sports Medicine. Knee, Shoulder, Elbow Surgery. Zac Snow PT, DPT. Director of Rehabilitation. Advanced Orthopaedic Specialists powered by Incite Rehab. Fayetteville & Rogers, Arkansas. 2018 Razorback Sports Medicine Symposium. Saturday, February 24th. The perineum is the area between your vagina and anus During childbirth the perineum can tear These tears are classified from 1 to 4 according to which areas are tornWhat is a 1st degree tearA 1st deg Alabbadi. . after the . lec. ,,you have to know. Anatomy of knee joint. Sign and symptoms. How to examine the knee. Special tests . Diagnosis. Meniscal. problems. . Anatomy. It is the . largest and most complex . UCSF Clinical Professor Orthopedic Surgery. Disclosures. Consultant for . Moximed. Stock Shareholder . Ceterix. 50 Y O female, stepped off a curb 2 weeks ago. Acute R knee pain and swelling. Posterior medial pain. Trauma and Orthopedics surgery. Magnetic resonance imaging of the knee . MRI is used in the evaluation of internal derangements of the . knee.. . Using a dedicated quadrature surface coil images are acquired in . MENISCUS TEAR OF THE KNEE What is a meniscus? The meniscus consists of tw o wedge - shaped pieces of fibro - cartilage that act as "shock absorbers" BR Gelbart Orthopaedic Surgeon/Knee Surgery Fellow, Honorary consultant, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital Soft TissueKnee Clinic, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Witwatersrand, Jo