The Knee Learning Resource
A fabella is a little bone which sometimes forms at the back of the knee, within the tendon of the gastrocnemius muscle, like a tiny kneecap at the back of the knee.
The fabella syndrome is a set of symptoms relating to the fabella, with pain on the outer back part of the knee where the fabella can rub on the femoral condyle (knuckle of the thighbone).
The front of the kneecap (patella) is rounded, but the back is angulated. The flat surfaces at the back are falled 'facets'.
This is an operation to remove one of the facets (flat surfaces) at the back of the kneecap (patella), usually to remove an area of arthritis.
Fascia is net-like fibrous tissue that anatomically either binds structures together or separates structures into different layers.
The fascia lata is a flat but strong strip of tissue that runs down the side of the thigh. It runs from the tendons of the buttock muscles right down to attach to the sides of the femur at the knee.
A fasciotomy is a surgical procedure to cut the fibrous casing (fascia) which surrounds a muscle compartment.
The fat pad is an area of fatty tissue below the patella (kneecap) and behind the patellar tendon.
The fat pad syndrome is a set of symptoms associated with nipping ('impingement') of the fat pad between the patella and the femoral condyle (knuckle of the thighbone).
Same as Fibular collateral ligament/Lateral collateral ligament.
Related to the femur bone (adjective).
Femoral anteversion is an inward rotation of the femur bone from the upper neck part of the femur. It may be a problem in young children, who demonstrate 'kissing knees' and 'pigeon toes' together with clumsy gait. Note that there are other causes of pigeon toes in children.
The concave region at the lower end of the femur. More commonly called the trochlea or trochlear groove.
A femoral osteotomy is a surgical procedure where the femur (thigh bone) is cut and the bone angled differently in an attempt to improve the mechanics of the leg.
'Torsion' means 'twisting'. In femoral torsion it is the femur bone that is abnormally twisted.
A surgical procedure to tighten up a lax fibular collateral ligament.
The femur is the thigh bone.
At the ends of long bones is the white shiny gristle which is called hyaline cartilage. If hyaline cartilage is damaged, it has very poor healing capability, and the body's efforts to repair itself frequently results in its replacement with a similar, but poorer, material called 'fibrocartilage'.
Thickening because of scar tissue.
The fibula is a long narrow bone to the outer side of the tibia (shinbone).
Same as Lateral collateral ligament.
A rehabilitation exercise.
Flexion means 'bending'.
A flexion contracture or flexion deformity is when someone is not able to fully straighten their leg either actively or passively.
A rehabilitation exercise.
A fracture is a bone break.
The Fulkerson osteotomy (or Fulkerson 'procedure') is an operation to re-align the tibial tuberosity (lower bony attachment of the patellar tendon on the shinbone).
The same thing as a Fulkerson osteotomy.
A rehabilitation exercise.
A rehabilitation exercise (stretch).
A rehabilitation exercise.
A functional knee brace is prescribed for moderate instability from torn cruciate ligaments, to support the knee and prevent further damage.
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