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Student Academy
A level biology to MBBS
Anatomy, biomechanics, pathology, history taking, examination and imaging basics. Built around the diagnoses that appear in written papers and OSCEs.
Depth 3 of 7 in the spiral
What you will cover
Each topic returns at the tier above this one, with more detail rather than a repeat.
- Osteology and the soft tissue envelope
- Ligament and meniscal anatomy
- Knee kinematics and the screw home mechanism
- Patellofemoral mechanics
- The common pathologies and how they present
- A structured knee history
- A structured knee examination
- Radiograph and MRI first principles
Start here
Two ways in. Read the entry topic, or answer a few questions and let the result choose for you.
Start with
Knee anatomy from first principles
Bones, then soft tissue, then the relations that matter clinically.
Coming soonOr try
The OSCE knee examination
The sequence, the special tests and what each one is actually testing.
Coming soonTopics at this level
The full syllabus for this tier. Pages marked as coming soon are written and reviewed in syllabus order.
Structure
Function
- Kinematics
- Ligament mechanics
- Patellofemoral mechanics
- Gait
- Load and tissue tolerance
Assessment
- Taking a knee history
- Examining the knee
- Special tests and what they mean
- Radiograph interpretation
- MRI basics
Pathology
- Ligament injury
- Meniscal injury
- Osteoarthritis
- Septic arthritis
- Paediatric knee conditions
Note. Mapped to the undergraduate curriculum and to the basic science that MRCS Part A builds on. See the curriculum mapping for the detail.