Block 2 Thigh

Front 1

Head of femur articulates with

Back 1

Acetabulum

Front 2

Blood supply to head of femur

Back 2

Arter of round ligament (branch of obturator) & branches of lateral and medial circumflex femoral

Front 3

Importance of artery of round ligament

Back 3

Important in childhood, not so much in adult

Front 4

Primary blood supply to femoral head in adults

Back 4

Medial circumflex a.

Front 5

Common femoral fracture location

Back 5

Neck

Front 6

Which trochanter points medially

Back 6

Lesser

Front 7

Muscle attachments to lesser trochanter

Back 7

Iliopsas

Front 8

Muscle attachments to greater trochanter

Back 8

Gluteal, piriformis, obturator internus

Front 9

-Attachment to interotrochanteric line
-Location of interotrochanteric line

Back 9

-Iliofemoral ligament
-Anterior

Front 10

Intertrochanteric crest
-Location
-Attachements

Back 10

-Posteriorly
-Quadratus femoris

Front 11

Intercondylar notch allows for passage of ______
--narrow notch correlated with

Back 11

-Anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments
-Higher incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injury

Front 12

Biggest sesamoid bone in the body

Back 12

Patella

Front 13

Sesamoid means

Back 13

totally surrounded by tendon

Front 14

Condyles on femur are for:

Back 14

Articulation with tibia (no articulation with fibia)

Front 15

Trabecular bone function

Back 15

Transmit weight

Front 16

Cutaneous innervation is all branches of ________, except ______

Back 16

Lumbosacral plexus, lateral brach of subcostal

Front 17

Fascia lata changes name to _____ after knee

Back 17

Crural fascia

Front 18

Anterior compartment
-Nerve
-Generalized function
-Blood supply

Back 18

-Femoral (except pectineus)
-Flex hip, extend knee
-Directly off femoral & deep femoral

Front 19

Femoral triangle boundaries (SIA)
1.
2.
3.

Back 19

1. Sartorius
2. Inguinal ligament
3. Adductor longus

Front 20

Floor of femoral triangle (PIA)

Back 20

1. Pectineus
2. Iliopsas
3. Adductor longus

Front 21

Contents of femoral triangle (Lateral to medial: NAVL)

Back 21

Femoral
-Nerve
-Artery
-Vein
-Lymphatics

Front 22

Femoral sheath contents
-Lateral compartment
-Middle
-Medial
*Nerve location

Back 22

-Femoral a.
-Femoral v.
-Lymphatic nodes
*nerve lies most lateral, outside of femoral sheath

Front 23

Cribriform fascia named for

Back 23

Wholes made by lymph nodes

Front 24

Tendons at the Pes Ancerinus
[Beauty Queen - Sash, Graceful, Tall]
1.
2.
3.

Back 24

1. Sartorius
2. Gracilis
3. Semitendonosis

Front 25

Only things passing through adductor hiatus

Back 25

Femoral vessels

Front 26

Structures passing through adductor canal

Back 26

1. Saphenous n.
2. Femoral vessels
3. Descending genicular a.
4. Nerve to vastus medialis

Front 27

Adductor canal extends from____, ends at _____

Back 27

Apex of femoral triangle; adductor hiatus

Front 28

To find femoral pulse, feel:

Back 28

1/2 way between pubic tubercle and anterior superior iliac spine