Morphological and biomechanical description of the canine knee joint (Canis lupus familiaris)

• Main Author: Saldivia Paredes, Manuel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad CES 2019
• Subjects: Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://revistas.ces.edu.co/index.php/mvz/article/view/4874

The synovial joints, or also known as diarthroids, are characterized by theirhigh mobility, constituted by a protective joint capsule, which in turn internallyallows the formation of a cavity, where it is possible to observe synovial fluid,responsible for providing Nutritional elements; Purifying cell debris; Makea damping between the articular faces and lubricate the articular surfaces.The knee is one of the largest synovial joints in the body and one of the mostcomplex is its morphology and biomechanics. Its anatomical conformationconsists of the union of bony, cartilaginous, ligamentous, vascular and muscularstructures that allow to grant a specific functionality in its extensor, flexorand slight rotation capacity. Therefore, the objective of the following studywas to perform a morphological description of the macroscopic anatomicalstructures, which participate in the conformation of the knee joint and howthey can allow a particular biomechanical functionality. For this, dissections of10 knees of male dogs were carried out in the veterinary anatomy laboratoryof the Universidad Santo Tomas, Puerto Montt. The results indicate detailedcharacteristics of the canine knee morphology and how each of them allowsto understand and explain the biomechanical capacity of this joint. Las articulaciones sinoviales o también conocidas como diartroideas secaracterizan por presentar gran movilidad, estar constituidas por unacápsula articular de protección, la que a su vez internamente permite laformación de una cavidad, donde es posible observar el líquido sinovial,responsable de proveer elementos nutricios; producir la depuración de losdesechos celulares; realizar una amortiguación entre las caras articularesy lubricar las superficies articulares. La rodilla es una de las articulacionessinoviales más grandes del cuerpo y una de las más complejas en su morfologíay biomecánica. Su conformación anatómica consta de la unión deestructuras óseas, cartilaginosas, ligamentosas, vasculares y muscularesque permiten otorgar una ...