Activity at a glance

• BL3 - Apply
• BL4 - Analyze
• BL5 - Evaluate

After completing this activity, students will be able to infer (BL4 - Analyze) knee ligament function using a knock-out experiment (BL4 - Analyze) and motion simulations (BL5 - Evaluate) and use these results to explain (BL5 - Evaluate) patterns of knee ligament injury and recommended strategies for knee injury avoidance.

• Students: StudentsOn page 1 of the worksheet, students can assess their own work on page 1 andfor the first row of page 2 of the worksheetMCL using "Assess" boxes in the activity guide. There are no answers provided to students for the remaining ligaments or for the challenge questions.
• Educators: Educators can assess students' work for rowsthe 2-4remaining ligaments on page 21 of the worksheet and the challenge questions using the answer key (only accessible to educators).

• SkeletalConnective tissues
  • Bones
    
  • Ligaments

• ​​Structure & function

• Depiction of anatomy
• Integration of 2D and 3D representations
• Motion analysis
• Observation