BAKERS CYST

Popliteal Cyst

Diane D. Sosa
1st year - College of Medicine
New Era University

BAKERS CYST
Popliteal Cyst

Diane D. Sosa
1st year - College of Medicine
New Era University

Swelling at the back of the knee.

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Build-up of fluid inside the BURSA.

ANATOMY
Popliteal fossa
Synovial Membrane
Bursa

BORDERS
Biceps Femoris
Semimembranous m.
Medial head

Medial

Lateral

Lateral head

Gastrocnemius
m

POPLITEAL FOSSA

CONTENTS
Popliteal artery & vein

Common fibular
nerve

Medial

Lateral

Tibial nerve

POPLITEAL FOSSA

Femoral
condyle

Patellofemora
lj
Tibial Plateau

KNEE JOINT

Meniscus

KNEE JOINT

KNEE JOINT

http://www.slideshare.n
et/hchapman28/biomechan
ics-111191684
Synovial membrane and
body mechanics

SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE

IT LINES THE JOINT

CAPSULE EXCEPT
POSTERIORLY WHERE
CRUCIATE LIGAMENTS
FOUND.
IN FRONT, IT IS ABSENT
FROM PATELLA.
BELOW THE PATELLA, IT
COVERS THE
INFRAPATELLAR PAD OF
FAT.
THE FREE BORDERS OF
INFRAPATELLR FOLD

BURSAE

THERE ARE 13 BURSAE IN THE KNEE JOINT.

THE FOUR ARE ANTERIOR, FOUR ARE LATERAL AND FOUR
ARE MEDIAL.

ANTERIOR BURSAE
THESE ARE FOUR IN NUMBERS.
SUBCUTANEOUS PREPATELLAR BURSA.
SUBCUTANEOUS INFRAPATELLAR BURSA.
DEEP INFRA PATELLAR BURSA.
SUPRAPATELLAR BURSA.

LATERAL BURSAE
THERE ARE FOUR LATERAL BURSAE.
A BURSA DEEP TO LATERAL HEAD OF
GASTROCNEMIUS.
A BURSA B/W FIBULAR COLATERAL LIGAMENT AND
THE BICEPS FEMORIS.
A BURSA B/W FIBULAR COLATERAL LIGAMENT AND
TENDON OF POPLITEUS.
A BURSA B/W TENDON OF POPLITEUS AND LATERAL
CONDYLE OF THE TIBIA.

MEDIAL BURSAE
THE FOUR MEDIAL BURSAE ARE AS FOLLOWS.
A BURSA DEEP TO THE MEDIAL HEAD OF
GASTROCNEMIUS.
THE ANSERINE BURSA.
A BURSA DEEP TO THE TIBIAL COLLATERAL
LIGAMENT.
A BURSA DEEP TO SEMIMEMBRANOSUS.

RELATIONS OF KNEE
ANTERIORLY: ANTERIOR BURSA, LIGAMENTUM PATELLAE, PATELLAR
PLEXUS.
POSTERIORLY: POPLITEAL VESSEL, TIBIAL NERVE, PERONEAL NERVE,
GASTROCNEMIUS, PLANTARIS, SEMITENDINOSUS,
SEMIMEMBRANOSUS, GRACILIS, POPLITEUS.

RELATIONS OF KNEE
MEDIALLY: SARTORIUS, GRACILIS, SEMITENDINOSUS,
SAPHENOUS VEIN, SAPHENOUS NERVE,
SEMIMEMBRANOSUS.
LATERALLY: BICEPS FEMORIS, TENDON OF POPLITEUS

SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE

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BAKERS CYST
Popliteal Cyst
Diane D. Sosa
1st year - College of Medicine
New Era University

BAKERS CYST
Popliteal Cyst
Diane D. Sosa
1st year - College of Medicine
New Era University