Hae - Lower Limb 1

Front 1

what layer of abdominal fascia fuses with the deep fascia of the thigh?

Back 1

scarpa's

Front 2

what vein draings the fatty superficial fascia of the thigh?

Back 2

the great saphenous vein

Front 3

where does the great saphenous vein lie with respect to the medial malleolus?

Back 3

anterior

Front 4

what side of the lower limb does the great saphenous vein run along?

Back 4

the medial side

Front 5

what vein does the great saphenous vein drain into?

Back 5

the femoral vein

Front 6

where does the great saphenous vein penetrate the deep fascia of the leg?

Back 6

the saphenous hiatus

Front 7

what is the fascia lata?

Back 7

the deep fascia of the thigh that forms a cylinder enclosing the thigh muscles

Front 8

what do the medial and lateral condyles of the distal femur articulate with?

Back 8

the tibial plateau

Front 9

what inserts on the adductor tubercle?

Back 9

the adductor magnus

Front 10

what muscles are in the medial thigh group?

Back 10

the gracilis, adductor longus, adductor brevis, and aductor magnus

Front 11

which of the medial thigh muscles crosses two joints

Back 11

the gracilis

Front 12

what are the actions of all of the medial thigh muscles?

Back 12

all are strong adductors of the thigh at the hip and weak flexors and medial roatators

Front 13

where do the three adductors of the medial compartment of the thigh insert?

Back 13

the linea aspera

Front 14

what innervates muscles in the medial compartment of the thigh?

Back 14

the obturator nerve, except for the hamstring part of the adductor magnus, which is the tibial division of the sciatic nerve

Front 15

what are the four muscles of the anterior thigh compartment?

Back 15

the iliopsoas, pectineus, quadriceps femoris, and sartorius

Front 16

what is the actio of the iliopsoas?

Back 16

chief flexor of the thigh

Front 17

what is the acitno f the pectineus?

Back 17

adducts and flexes the thigh

Front 18

what muscles make up the quadriceps femoris?

Back 18

the rectus femoris, vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, and vastus intermedius

Front 19

what is the action of the quadriceps femoris?

Back 19

extensor of the leg at the knee joint, rectus also flexes the thigh

Front 20

what tendon does the patella lie within?

Back 20

the quadriceps femoris tendon

Front 21

what is the action of the sartorius?

Back 21

flexes thigh and leg, abducts and laterally rotates the thigh

Front 22

what muscles overlies the adductor canal?

Back 22

the sartorius

Front 23

what is within the adductor canal?

Back 23

the femoral vessels and saphenous nerve

Front 24

what innervates the anterior compartment muscles?

Back 24

the femoral nerve (except: psoas part of iliopsoas is lumbar nerves, pecinteus is sometimes the obturator nerve)

Front 25

what are the borders of the femoral triangle?

Back 25

the inguinal ligament (above), medial portion of sartorius (lateral), and adductor longus (medial)

Front 26

what are the contents of the femoral triangle (lateral to medial)

Back 26

femoral nerve, femoral artery, femoral vein, femoral canal

Front 27

what cna pass into the femoral canal?

Back 27

femoral hernias

Front 28

where do femoral hernias arise with respect to the inguinal ligament?

Back 28

below the inguinal ligament

Front 29

where does the adductor canal begin?

Back 29

at the apex of the femoral triangle

Front 30

what provides most of the blood to the lower limb?

Back 30

the femoral artery

Front 31

where does the femoral artery become the popliteal artery?

Back 31

where it passes through the adductor hiatus

Front 32

what is the principal supplier of blood to the thigh?

Back 32

the deep femoral branch of the femoral artery

Front 33

where does the deep femoral branch of the femoral artery arise?

Back 33

in the femoral triangle

Front 34

what artery gives off the medial and lateral femoral circumflex arteries?

Back 34

the deep femoral branch

Front 35

what is the femoral artery called proximal to the deep femoral branch?

Back 35

the common femoral artery

Front 36

what arteries compose the cruciate anastamosis?

Back 36

an inferior gluteal artery branch (internal iliac) and lateral and medial circumflex femoral arteries

Front 37

why does the great saphenous vein have thicker walls than other veins?

Back 37

it lies outside of the muscular compartment of the leg

Front 38

what muscle inserts into the iliotibial tract?

Back 38

the tensor fascia lata and gluteus maximus

Front 39

what is the anterior to posterior order of the adductor muscles of the medial compartment of the thigh?

Back 39

adductor longus, adductor brevis, and adductor magnus

Front 40

which muscle has openings in its insertion for perforating arteries?

Back 40

the adductor magnus

Front 41

what muscle does the obturator nerve split around?

Back 41

the adductor brevis

Front 42

is the femoral nerve in the femoral sheath?

Back 42

no

Front 43

what muscles form the floor of the femoral triangle?

Back 43

lateral to medial: iliopsoas, pectineus, adductor longus

Front 44

what arteries supply the head of the femur?

Back 44

the lateral femoral circumflex, medial femoral circumflex, and a branch of the obturator artery