Functional anatomy of the knee joint and the upper tibiofibular joint

The authors describe in detail the clinical and functional anatomy of the knee joint and of the upper tibiofibular joint. They pay special attention to the morphology of the synovial membrane in connection with its significance in clinical medicine and especially in rheumatology. The blood supply and the innervation if the above-mentioned joints are also described very precisely. In the pathology of the knee joint a special role belongs to the ligaments and to the menisci. Their morphology and functional anatomy are, therefore, described in detail with special regard to injuries of the lateral meniscus are discussed. Also discussed is the possibility of the demonstration of the upper tibiofibular joint on an appropriate x-ray pictures. The intention of the authors was to provide, through their minute study of functional anatomy of the knee joint and the upper tibiofibular joint, a contribution to the knowledge of clinical symptomatology of the mentioned joints