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What is patellar fx?
Patellar fx is shorthand for patellar fracture, or a broken kneecap.
What is ICD-9 code for tendinosis?
726.90
Which ligament of the knee initiates the knee-jerk reflex?
The patellar tendon, just underneath the kneecap
What is a patellar?
Patellar means related to the patella bone. Patella is a sesamoid bone in the front of the knee joint. Terms are used like pre-pattellar or post-patellar. Pre-patellar means proximal to the patella or post patellar means distal to the patella bone. Patellar tendon or patellar dislocation. The expert in the English grammar should comment on the correctness of the term, please.
What is the relationship between the patellar and femoral region?
The patellar region is DISTAL to the femoral region.
Is the patellar reflex more or less vigorous after exercise?
The patellar reflex is more vigorous after exercise.
Is the Patellar reflex inhibited or enhanced by voluntary muscle activity in the quadriceps?
The patellar reflex is inhibited
What is the effector involved the patellar reflex?
In order to provoke the patellar reflex one must strike the patellar tendon with a tendon hammer (and only a tendon hammer, striking with an ordinary hammer is ill-advised). In other words, strike the region immediately below the patella.
Where is the patellar region?
knee
Is a patellar reflex autonomic?
no
The patellar knee jerk reflex is an example of?
Patellar reflex is an involuntary, deep tendon and myotatic reflex
What does it mean to have ventral supraspinatus tendinosis?
nothing other than degeneration witin the tendon
