Functional anatomy of the knee

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to identify the functional anatomy that impacts the reconstruction of the arthritic knee with a prosthetic implant. This work does not attempt to review all the detailed soft-tissue anatomy of the knee that is covered more expansively both in description and illustration in other resources. It focuses instead on bone morphology of the knee. The conclusion is that morphological features of the knee are largely asymmetrical, and these features are related in both linear and angular relationships to one another in a way that will impact the function of the prosthetic replacement. © 2005 Springer Medizin Verlag Heidelberg.