7. Arteries and Nerves of Thigh and Pelvis

Question 1

Arteries and Nerves: Anterior Pelvis and Hip

Identify 1 - 2

Answer 1

• *1.** Femoral vein
• *2.** Femoral artery

Question 2

Arteries and Nerves: Anterior Pelvis and Hip

Identify 3 - 4

Answer 2

• *3.** External iliac vein
• *4.** External iliac artery

Question 3

Arteries and Nerves: Anterior Pelvis and Hip

Identify 5 - 6

Answer 3

5. Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve

6. Femoral nerve

Question 4

Arteries and Nerves: Anterior Pelvis and Hip

Identify 7

Answer 4

7. Profunda femoris artery

Question 5

Arteries and Nerves: Anterior Pelvis and Hip

Identify 8 - 9

Answer 5

8. Saphenous nerve
9. Descending genicular artery

Question 6

Arteries and Nerves: Anterior Pelvis and Hip

Identify 10 - 11

Answer 6

• *10.** Cutaneous branch of the obturator nerve
• *11.** Obturator nerve (anterior and posterior branches)

Question 7

Arteries and Nerves: Anterior Pelvis and Hip

The femoral triangle contains ____

Answer 7

the femoral vein (most medial), artery, and nerve (most lateral).

(A useful mnemonic for this relation is “Lateral → Medial = NAVEL,” where “NAVEL” is nerve, artery, vein, empty space, lymphatics.)

Question 8

Arteries and Nerves: Anterior Pelvis and Hip

The femoral artery passes between ___ and ____ before traveling to the knee, where it becomes the popliteal artery

Answer 8

The adductor longus and the vastus medialis muscles

Question 9

Arteries and Nerves: Anterior Pelvis and Hip

The femoral artery passes between the adductor longus and the vastus medialis musclesbefore traveling to the knee, where it becomes ____

Answer 9

the popliteal artery

Question 10

Arteries and Nerves: Anterior Pelvis and Hip

The femoral nerve supplies innervation to ____ as it passes through the thigh.

Answer 10

the majority of the muscles of the anterior thigh, including the quadriceps,

Question 11

Arteries and Nerves: Posterior Pelvis and Hip

Identity 1

(2 & 3 for reading only)

Answer 11

1. Superior gluteal nerve and artery

Question 12

Arteries and Nerves: Posterior Pelvis and Hip

Identity 5 - 6

(7 & 8 for reading only)

Answer 12

5. Pudendal nerve

6. Nerve to obturator internus

_________

• *7.** Posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
• *8.** Inferior clunial nerves

Question 13

Arteries and Nerves: Posterior Pelvis and Hip

Identity 9 - 10

Answer 13

9. Muscular branches of the sciatic nerve

10. Sciatic nerve

Question 14

Arteries and Nerves: Posterior Pelvis and Hip

Identity 11 - 12

Answer 14

• *11.** Tibial nerve
• *12.** Common peroneal nerve

Question 15

Arteries and Nerves: Posterior Pelvis and Hip

The sciatic nerve (L4-S3) exits (1)_____ and travels distally, dividing into (2)____ and ____.

Answer 15

1. the greater sciatic foramen
2. the common peroneal and tibial nerves

Question 16

Arteries and Nerves: Posterior Pelvis and Hip

The sciatic nerve (L4-S3) exits the greater sciatic foramen and travels distally, dividing into the common peroneal and tibial nerves.

→ It supplies innervation to ____ and ____

Answer 16

1. the hamstring muscles and part of the adductor magnus.

Question 17

Arteries: Hip Joint

→ Identify

Answer 17

• *1.** Acetabular branch of the obturator artery
• *2.** Retinacular arteries (superior, anterior, and inferior)
• *3.** Anastomosis
• *4.** Lateral circumflex femoral artery
• *5.** Medial femoral circumflex artery

Question 18

Arteries: Hip Joint

→ Identify

Answer 18

• *1.** Acetabular branch of the obturator artery
• *2.** Retinacular arteries (superior, anterior, and inferior)
• *3.** Anastomosis
• *4.** Lateral circumflex femoral artery
• *5.** Medial femoral circumflex artery

Question 19

All the flexors and extensors of the thigh are supplied by ___ and ___, respectively.

Answer 19

the sciatic and femoral nerves

Question 20

identify

Answer 20

1. Femoral head
2. Fovea
3. Articular cartilage
4. Line of synovial membrane attachment
5. Femoral neck

Question 21

Identity

Answer 21

• *1.** Adductor longus muscle
• *2.** Sartorius muscle
• *3.** Rectus femoris muscle
• *4.** Vastus lateralis muscle
• *5.** Vastus medialis muscle

Question 22

Conditions: Sciatic Nerve

→ Identify (3 is for reading only)

Answer 22

• *1.** Sciatic nerve (L4-S3)
• *2.** Greater sciatic foramen
• *4.** Inferior cluneal nerves
• *5.** Tibial nerve
• *6.** Common peroneal nerve

___

3. Posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh

Question 23

Conditions: Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve

Identify 1 - 4

Answer 23

• *1.** Lumbosacral trunk
• *2.** Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (L2-3)
• *3.** Femoral nerve (L2-4)
• *4.** Obturator nerve

Question 24

Conditions: Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve

Identify 5 - 6

Answer 24

5. Anterior cutaneous branches of femoral nerve

6. Saphenous nerve