2. Gluteal Region

Question 1

List the superficial gluteal muscles

Answer 1

Gluteus maximus, medius, minimus

Tensor fascia latae

Question 2

What are the attachments of the gluteus maximus?

Answer 2

Proximally: Iliac crest, sacrum, sacrotuberous ligament and coccyx
Distally: iliotibial tract, gluteal tuberosity of the femur

Question 3

Which muscle is the most powerful extensor of the hip?

Answer 3

Gluteus maximus

Question 4

What nerve supplies the gluteus maximus?

Answer 4

Inferior gluteal nerve

Question 5

What bony feature do the gluteus medius and minimus attach to?

Answer 5

Greater trochanter of the femur

Question 6

What nerve supplies the gluteus medius and minimus?

Answer 6

Superior gluteal nerve

Question 7

Damage to to the gluteus medius/minimus or their nerve supply results in what clinical sign?

Answer 7

Trendelenburg’s gait- tilting of the hips

Question 8

Where does the inferior gluteal neurovascular bundle lie?

Answer 8

Deep to the gluteus maximus

Question 9

Where does the superior gluteal neurovascular bundle lie?

Answer 9

Deep to the gluteus medius

Question 10

What is the function of the deep gluteal muscles?

Answer 10

Lateral rotation of the hip

Question 11

List the deep gluteal muscles

Answer 11

Piriformis
Obturator internus
Gemelli
Quadratus femoris

Question 12

What is the iliotibial tract?

Answer 12

Thickening of the fascia lata

Question 13

Where is the iliotibial tract?

Answer 13

Runs from the ASIS to the lateral aspect of the lateral tibial condyle at the Gerdy tubercle

Question 14

What is the function of the iliotibial tract?

Answer 14

supports the knee joint

Question 15

What is the largest nerve in the body? What spinal nerve roots does it consist of?

Answer 15

Sciatic nerve (L4-S3)

Question 16

What is the principal nerve to the perineum? What spinal nerve roots does it consist of?

Answer 16

Pudendal nerve (S2-S4)

Question 17

What nerve supplies the skin over the posterior aspect of the thigh?

Answer 17

Posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh

Question 18

What fibres does the posterior cutaneous nerve contain?

Answer 18

Sensory and sympathetic

Question 19

What nerve does the posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh follow?

Answer 19

Sciatic

Question 20

Does the pudendal nerve lie lateral or medial to the posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh?

Answer 20

medial to

Question 21

Where does the sciatic nerve usually exit?

Answer 21

Inferior to piriformis