Knee Tendons

Knee Tendons

You use your knee tendons to move your knee joint, so that you can bend or straighten your leg.

Tendons in your body are bands of connective tissue that connect your muscles to your bones.

If you want to move one of your bones, you expand or contract a muscle. The force is then transmitted from the muscle through the tendon and then to the bone, causing the bone to move.

There are three types of knee tendons: the patellar tendon, the quadriceps tendon and the hamstring tendons.

Your kneecap and the top of your tibia are connected by the patellar tendon.

The quadriceps tendon connects your kneecap to your quadriceps muscle, which is located at the front of your thigh.

You use your quadriceps tendon to straighten your leg at the knee.

The hamstring tendons consist of the medial hamstring tendons and the lateral hamstring tendons.

The medial hamstring tendons connect the hamstring muscles at the back of your thigh to your tibia, while the lateral hamstring tendons connect your hamstring muscles to your fibula.

The collagen in tendons is more densely packed than the collagen in ligaments, which means that tendons can handle stronger forces than ligaments.

Your knee tendons are capable of handling a great deal of force when you engage in activities like running and cycling.

Overusing a tendon can cause it to become inflamed or to degenerate.

Inflammation of a tendon is known as tendinitis, while the degeneration of a tendon is known as tendinosis.

While overuse of a tendon is the main cause of tendon injury, sometimes a tendon can be injured as the result of a trauma.