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Materials needed

For this activity you’ll need:

  1. The worksheet for this activity (either opened in a PDF viewer on a desktop/tablet computer or printed out).

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  1. One of the following versions of the knee kit:
  • Ligament knee kit
  • Minimal muscle set knee kit
  • Full muscle set knee kit with the minimal muscle set attached

Image to add: LigamentKnee kneekit kit,in Minimalthe required state with all ligaments attached, including IT tract, and only the minimal muscle set

knee

You'll kit,need orall Fullof musclethe setligaments attached to the knee, including the iliotibial Tract/Band. You do not need any of the muscles for this activity. If your knee kit

has muscles attached, remove all the muscles except for about five quad muscles to hold the patella in place. If your knee kit doesn’t look like one of the kits in the image above, follow these instructions for assembling or disassembling your kit.

  1. The Allen wrench from your kit (if you have two Allen wrenches, you'll need the larger of the two).

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  1. The ruler from your kit or a similar small ruler.

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