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Draw with a skin marking pen the subcutaneous outline of the Medial Condyle of Femur on a model in the Anatomical Position with side lighting and a time limit of one minute.

 Objective No 90 - Criteria to be demonstrated.

1. Request the model to sit down .

2. Flex the Knee Joint passively to a right angle.

3. Place the palpating finger tips on the medial aspect of the Thigh and with firm pressure palpate downwards towards the Knee Joint.

4. The Medial Condyle of the Femur presents as a large mass of bone which flares out from the medial surface of the lower extremity of the Shaft of Femur.

5. The Medial and slightly projecting anterior surface can be identified lying medial to Medial border of the Patella.

6. The Anteromedial compartment and line of the Knee Joint

can be palpated as a subcutaneous space between the Medial condyles of the Femur and Tibia.

7. The posterior surface of the Medial condyle of Femur is obscured by muscle tendons and joint structures.

 

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