Lower Limb Flashcards

Front 1

spring ligament

Back 1

plantar calcaneonavicular ligament, supports medial arch of foot

Front 2

genu valgum

Back 2

knock-knee

Front 3

genu varum

Back 3

bowleg

Front 4

nerve that runs with great saphenous vein

Back 4

saphenous nerve

Front 5

nerve that runs with small saphenous vein

Back 5

sural nerve

Front 6

muscles of anterior thigh (flexors of hip)

Back 6

pectineus, iliopsoas, sartorius

Front 7

mm of anterior thigh (knee extensors)

Back 7

QUADS: rectus femoris, vastus medialis, lateralis, intermedius; innervated by FEMORAL n.

Front 8

mm of medial thigh (adductors of thigh)

Back 8

gracilis, obdurator externus, adductor magnus, brevis, longus; OBTURATOR n except hamstring portion of add magnus = tibial div of sciatic

Front 9

gluteal region mm (abductors & rotators of thigh)

Back 9

medial rotators = glut med, min, tensor fascia lata (superior gluteal n); lateral rotators = glut max (inf glut n), piriformis, obturator internus, sup & inf gemelli, quadratus femoris

Front 10

nerve to obturator internus mm

Back 10

obturator internus & superior gemellus

Front 11

nerve to quadratus femoris mm

Back 11

quadratus femoris, inferior gemellus

Front 12

"tailor" mm

Back 12

SARTORIUS, laterally rotates thigh, flexes thigh & flexes leg

Front 13

Trendelenburg's test

Back 13

hip falls to opposite side of injury to L. superior gluteal nerve; mm can't hold up hip when walking...hip falls

Front 14

swinging gait = loss of ?

Back 14

obturator nerve, adductor mm

Front 15

Tom Dick & Harry of Flexor Retinaculum

Back 15

Tibialis posterior, Flexor Digitorum Longus, Flexor Hallucis Longus

Front 16

Tarsal Tunnel

Back 16

formed by flexor retinaculum that crosses the medial maleolus to the calcaneus; passageway for tibial nerve, posterior tibial artery & flexor tendon (Tom, Dick, ANd Harry = tibialis posterior, flexor digitorum, post tibial Artery, tibial Nerve, flexor Hallucis longus)

Front 17

damage to common peroneal nerve

Back 17

foot drop bc it supplied the anterior compartment & lateral compartment; person will have "high stepping gait"; sensory loss

Front 18

damage to deep peroneal n

Back 18

foot drop, sensory loss in first web space

Front 19

damage to SUPERFICIAL PERONEAL N.

Back 19

loss of eversion?

Front 20

unhappy triad of the knee

Back 20

ACL, MCL, medial meniscus; damage happens when hit hard from the lateral side

Front 21

deltoid ligament

Back 21

medial ligament, very strong; includes anterio & posterior tibiotalar ligaments, tibiocalcaneal, tibionavicular ligaments

Front 22

location of DORSALIS PEDIS PULSE

Back 22

on dorsum of foot, btw tendons of extendor digitorum longus & extensor hallucis longus

Front 23

location of POSTERIOR TIBIAL ARTERY PULSE

Back 23

behind medial malleolus between flexor digitorum longus & flexor hallucis longus tendons

Front 24

pes anserinus

Back 24

combined tendinous expansions of sartorius, gracilis, semitendinosus mm; may be used for surgical repair of ACL

Front 25

ACL

Back 25

prevents hyperextension of the knee; is taught during extension and lax during flexion

Front 26

lateral ligament of the foot

Back 26

prevents overinversion; consists of three ligaments: anterior & posterior talofibular and calcaneofibular ligaments

Front 27

Great Saphenous Vein

Back 27

begins at the medial end of the dorsal venous arch of the foot, passes anterior to the medial malleolus, runs on the medial side of the lower limb superficial to the fascia, empties into femoral vein at saphenous opening; runs w/ SAPHENOUS NERVE

Front 28

Small Saphenous Vein

Back 28

begins at LATERAL end of dorsal venous arch, passes posterior to lateral malleolus, ascends the posterior side of the leg along with the SURAL NERVE

Front 29

Obturator artery

Back 29

arises from INTERNAL ILIAC, supplies ADDUCTOR COMPARTMENT of thigh; risks injury during femoral hernia repair

Front 30

Femoral artery branches

Back 30

deep femoral, medial & lateral circumflex femoral, descending genicular arteries

Front 31

Cruciate anastomosis

Back 31

inferior gluteal artery, the lateral and medial circumflex femoral arteries, and the first perforating artery of the profunda femoris artery