Anterior And Medial Thigh

Front 1

adductor tubercle - what muscles attach

Back 1

adductor magnus

Front 2

intertrochanteric line - location, what bone?

Back 2

femur - proximal near neck of femur

Front 3

Osgood schlatter disease

Back 3

Osgood Schlatter Disease is the disruption of the epiphysial plate at the tibial tuberosity

chronic recurring pain adolescence
especially in young athletes

Front 4

femoral triangle

Back 4

(superiorly) the inguinal ligament
(medially) the medial border of the adductor longus muscle
(laterally) medial border of the sartorius muscle

Front 5

how to bring out the sartorius?

Back 5

L. Tailor

Flexes, abducts, laterally rotates the thigh at the hip joint, and flexes the leg at the knee joint

Front 6

femoral nerve roots and innervates what muscles?

Back 6

(L2,3,4) innervates all of the following muscles:
Iliacus - flexes the thigh
Pectinius – adducts and flexes the thigh
Sartorius – flexes, abducts, and laterally rotates thigh, flexes leg at the knee joint
Quadriceps – extends leg at the knee:
Rectus femoris (also flexes thigh)
Vastus medialis
Vastus lateralis
Vastus intermedius

Front 7

femoral nerve anterior or posterior roots?

Back 7

Posterior

Front 8

what muscle stabilizes the hip while in standing position?

Back 8

Psoas maj. m.

Front 9

Cutaneous distribution of femoral n. in the lower limb

Back 9

Anterior cutaneous branches of femoral nerve
Innervate skin of the thigh
Saphenous nerve
Innervates skin of the medial aspect of the leg and foot

Front 10

medial compartment of thigh

Back 10

Gracilis
Pectineus
Adductor longus
Adductor brevis
Adductor magnus
Obturator externus

Front 11

what passes through the adductor hiatus?

Back 11

femoral a. and v.

Front 12

muscle commonly used for surgical graft in muscles or tendons in forearm

Back 12

Gracillis

Front 13

muscles that cross hip and knee joint?

Back 13

Rectus femoris – flexes the hip and extends the knee

Gracilis – adducts the hip & flexes the knee

Sartorius – flexes, laterally rotates the hip, flexes the knee

Hamstrings - extend the hip and flex and rotate the knee

Front 14

most anterior structure of the pes ansirinus

Back 14

sartorius, gracillis, and semitendinousis

Front 15

what structures traverse the adductor canal?
adductor hiatus?

Back 15

saphenous n
femoral n

hiatus - only the artery and vein pass through

Front 16

cruciate anastamosis around the hip joint

Back 16

3 or 4 perforating arteries???

Front 17

Femoral n. branches after what structure?

Back 17

Inguinal ligament

Front 18

femoral nerve - located inside or outside femoral sheath?

Back 18

Outside

Front 19

femoral triangle borders
what is found here?

Back 19

Superiorly – inguinal ligament
Medially – adductor longus m.
Laterally – sartorius m.

Contents
Femoral nerve & its branches
Femoral sheath & its contents
Femoral artery, vein, femoral canal

Roof
Fascia lata, superficial fascia, skin

Front 20

Where do you cannulate in the lower limb?

Back 20

Femoral artery from the femoral triangle

Front 21

Adductor (Subsartorial) Canal
borders
contents

Back 21

Boundaries of the canal are as follows:
Laterally - Vastus medialis
Medially - Sartorius muscle – forms roof
Posteriorly – Adductor longus & magnus muscles

Contents of the canal include the following:
- Femoral artery & vein
- Saphenous nerve
- Nerve to vastus medialis
muscle