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What courses through the adductor canal?
femoral vein and artery, saphenous nerve.
Where do the superficial veins of the thigh and gluteal region drain into?
Into the great saphenous vein which eventually drains into the femoral vein
The superior and inferior gluteal arteries lie inferior and superior to what muscle?
piriformis
When does the femoral artery become the popliteal artery?
When the femoral artery passes through the adductor hiatus.
Femoral artery supplies what part of the thigh compared to the profunda?
Femoral gives blood to the anterior compartment, while the profunda gives blood to the anterior, medial, posterior compartments of the thigh.
What is the origin of the piriformis muscle?
Anterior surface of the sacrum.
Where do the gemellus superior, gemellus inferior, quadratus femoris all originate?
The body of the ischium.
Where does the quadratus femoris insert?
The intertrochanteric crest.
Where does the iliopsoas insert?
The lesser trochanteric crest.
What is the tensor fascia lata innervated by?
The superior gluteal nerve.
What is the only quadricep muscle that crosses the hip joint?
The rectus femoris.
What is the only medial muscle that is innervated by the femoral nerve?
The pectineus.
Where does the iliopsoas insert?
the lesser trochanter
What are the actions of the sartorius?
abducts, flexes, and laterally rotates the thigh

flexes and medially rotates the leg
What courses through the adductor canal?
Femoral Artery and vein, saphenous nerve.
What are the sacral portion nerves?
Common Gluttons for Punishment They Said
What are the differences in function between the superficial and deep portions of the posterior lower leg muscles?
Superficial is strictly plantarflexion of foot while the deep does plantarflexion and supination.
What happens with Anterior compartment syndrome?
Increased pressure in the lower leg anterior compartment which results in foot drop and loss of sensation in the 1st web space.
What is plantaris fascitis?
inflammation of the aponeurosis near the medial calcaneal tuberosity
What tendon is most flush with the sustentaculum tali?
Flexor Hallicus Longus
What muscle's tendon passes through the groove of the cuboid bone?
The peroneus longus.
What muscle only medially rotates the thigh as well as flexes it?
The tensor fascia lata
Rupture of the fovea capitis femoris could lead to a rupture of what artery?
obturator artery
If the popliteal artery is blocked, how could blood reach the foot?
Through the lateral femoral circumflex descending branch.
What's the keystone tarsal for the lateral longitudinal arch?
The cuboid.
The iliopsoas inserts on what?
The lesser trochanter.
The spring ligament traverses from what to what?
sustentaculum tali to navicular
The main function of the planter interossei are?
Adduction of the digits.
What is the most common ligament to injure in an ankle sprain?
Anterior talofibular.
The quadratus femoris shares a nerve with what other muscles?
The gemullus inferior and quadratus femoris.
The obturator internus shares nerves with what other muscles?
Gemullus superior.
The adductor canal is bounded posteromedially by what?
The adductor longus and magnus.
How can you tell the age of a fetus?
Look at the distal end of the femur.
For bone grafting, you would get the bone from where?
The ilium.
The superficial epigastric artery is a branch from what artery?
Femoral
What connects to the fovea femoris capitis?
The ligamentum capitis femoris.
What is the acetabular labrum made out of?
fibrocartilage
What forms the femoral sheath?
Tranversalis fascia and iliacus fascia
What nerves comprise the femoral nerve?
Medial and Intermediate femoral cutaneous, saphenous nerve
Which tendon are the sesamoid bones in the foot located?
The flexor hallucis brevis
What ligaments are important for the mid-tarsal joint?
The spring (calcaneonavicular), bifurcate, short plantar, long plantar
What are the functions of the deep posterior group of muscles of the leg?
Plantarflexion and supination
What test is used to examine a ruptured achilles tendon?
The Thompson Test
The medial calcaneal artery is associated with what artery? Same for the lateral?
The tibial artery and peroneal artery respectively.
Tarsal tunnel syndrome involves compression of what nerve?
Tibial nerve or one of its branches
What are the four compartments of the foot?
lateral, medial, central, interosseous