2.2.2 Joints of Lower Limb Flashcards
What are the covered parts?
What are these movements?
Left - internal rotation of femur
Right - external rotation of femur
What going from a sitting position and rising - eg extension of knee joint on fixed tibia. What is the path of knee?
When straightening your leg, extension of knee joint on fixed femur, what is the pathway the knee takes?
What is the deep bony socket in which the head of the femur sits in?
Acetabulum
What are the covered parts?
Does the shaft of the femur sit completely vertical?
How does the Q angle vary between men and women?
The Q angle tends to be greater in women due to women tending to have larger pelvis’
What is important about these lines?
Bone density tends to be greatest along these lines of gravitational load
What are these two ligaments?
Red - sacrospinous ligament
Green - sacrotuberus ligament
What are the covered parts?
What are the covered parts?
What are the covered parts?
What is the most common hip injury in elderly?
Fracture of femoral neck is most common hip injury in the elderly due largely to osteoporosis. In such cases the retinacular blood vessels of the femoral neck are highly susceptible to injury
What is the Trandelenburg Sign?
Depicts weakness in hip abductors that result in a pathologival hip-drop gait
In the erect posture the line of gravity passes through the hip joint but?
In front of the knee and ankle joint
Thus the hip joint lies in front of the knee joint when standing