KNEE Dictionary beginning with G

The Galeazzi procedure is a surgical procedure to stabilise the patella.

The gastrocnemius muscle is the big muscle that makes the bulge at the back of the calf.

Gateshead rods are tiny carbon fibre rods inserted into drill holes on damaged joint cartilage.

A General Practitioner (GP) is the term used by many English speaking countries for the Primary Care Physician (PCP) or Family Doctor.

The word 'genu' means 'knee'. Genu valgum means 'knock knee'. Valgus means the same and is an adjective, eg valgus deformity, valgus force.

The word 'genu' means 'knee'. Genu varum means 'bow knees' or 'bow-legs'.

'Genzyme Biosurgery' is the company who developed the laboratory technique for the procedure known as autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) or autologous chondrocyte transfer (ACT).

Gerdy's tubercle is the bony bump on the outer side of the tibia bone just below the knee joint to which attaches the iliotibial band and tensor fascia lata.

When one talks of the knee 'giving way' it means that the knee suddenly and unexpectedly is unable to support the person, and the leg just buckles, leading to stumbling or falling.

Glucosamine is an amino sugar that is found in the 'extra cellular matrix' (background material) of cartilage and is thought to promote its formation and repair.

'Gon' means 'knee'. 'Arthrosis' means 'disorder of the joint'. Gonarthrosis thus means a disorder of the knee joint, generally inferring early joint surface damage of any kind, while 'gonarthritis' infers more advanced arthritic destruction.

'Gon' means 'knee'. 'Arthrosis' means 'disorder of the joint'. Gonarthrosis thus means a disorder of the knee joint, generally implying early joint surface damage of any kind, while 'gonarthritis' implies more advanced arthritic destruction. It is a bit of an old-fashioned term.

A goniometer is a device for measuring the range of motion of a joint.

Gore-Tex is the trade name for expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE).

Gout is a disorder characterised by severe, painful joint inflammation due to the deposition in the joint of uric acid crystals.

Abbreviation for 'General Practitioner'.

A graft is an implantation of body tissue into a different situation, where it will grow its own blood supply and start to function in the new postion.

When body parts are taken for transplantation (or re-implantation into the same person) the procedure is known as tissue 'harvest'. A graft harvest is thus the procedure of taking body material for use in a graft, such as a ligament graft, a meniscus graft or a bone graft.

When a graft, such as a cruciate ligament reconstruction graft, interferes with the smooth functioning of the joint by scraping along the sharp edge of bone or by bunching up into a lump.

A graze is a superficial injury where the knee is scraped along a rough surface, eg the road.

An area of bone, near the end of the bone, from which the new bone cells develop.