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The Posteromedial Corner: Semimembranosus Expansions part 4

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Knee anatomy.

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Posterior medial corner on MRI, lateral view.

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Let's look at some of the

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minor arms of the semimembranosus expansion.

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You've already heard about the major arm,

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which I'm making a little bit brighter.

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You saw it as a dotted orange structure.

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It is the direct arm,

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or deep head or deep expansion of the semimembranosus.

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Now, I'm going to take it away because it has sent off another

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bifurcation anteriorly, known as the anterior arm.

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The anterior arm goes underneath the POL and it'll

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insert somewhere around this location.

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Now, we've also got higher up,

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already reflected off before you get to the joint line,

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the capsular arm, and it makes a little arc.

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It merges with the joint capsule and it also merges

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with fibers of the posterior oblique ligament.

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In fact, it merges with a capsular or

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superior arm of the posterior oblique ligament.

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The inferior or popliteal arm passes beneath the POL.

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So it's underneath this green structure. Here's the inferior

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or popliteal arm right there, underneath the POL.

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And it attaches to the tibia just above the insertion

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of the deep portion of the superficial MCL,

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which many of you know as the tibial collateral ligament.

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So the insertion of the tibial collateral ligament lies

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in very close proximity to this structure right here,

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which is the inferior or popliteal arm

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of the semimembranosus expansion.

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Stephen J Pomeranz, MD

Chief Medical Officer, ProScan Imaging. Founder, MRI Online

ProScan Imaging

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Trauma

Musculoskeletal (MSK)

MRI

Knee

Iatrogenic

Drug related

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