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Knee sprain

(Science: orthopaedics) Any injury to one of six different ligaments which stabilise the knee joint.

Those ligaments include: medial and lateral collaterals, medial and lateral meniscus and the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments. Knee sprains are characterised by knee pain, swelling and tenderness with range of motion.

Severe sprains may result in a knee joint effusion (blood inside the joint). Completely torn ligaments may require surgical repair to reestablish knee joint stability.


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Kids don't have kneecaps?

... it was just a cartilage that calcifies (is that a word?) later in life... if that's true, does that explain why kids can crawl on their hands and knees without having any pain :?:

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by Mikey
Wed May 13, 2009 6:13 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Kids don't have kneecaps?
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a very very very simple arthropoda question

jointed appendage = leg/arm/limb with one or more joints (ie, elbows, knees, etc)

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by alextemplet
Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:44 am
 
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HIstory ...

... 3, about the leader of the Christian Social movement] Even today I am not ashamed to say that, overpowered by stormy enthusiasm, I fell down on my knees and thanked Heaven from an overflowing heart for granting me the good fortune of being permitted to live at this time. [Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, ...

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by E8-not42
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which animal is more similar to human, swine or ape?

And our ankles. And knees. And hips. I'll stop now lol

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by kotoreru
Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:16 pm
 
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Electric shocks, anybody??

... we're not talking 1000's of volts, but 120 is a pretty good kick. The worst shock I've had, strangely I felt it most in my joints. Specifically my knees. I don't really know why this is. Upon being shocked, the area that is hit, obviously has the most immediate pain. But I feel it in the joints ...

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Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:37 am
 
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