Adult and Pediatric Hip Anatomy and Pathology Flashcards
What 3 bones form the pelvis?
Ilium
Ischium
Pubis
What surface of the acetabulum- horseshoe-shaped articular surface on peripheral acetabulum, articulates w/ femoral head?
Lunate surface
What major muscle inserts onto the LESSER trochanter?
Illiopsoas
What are the ADDuctor muscles?
Adductor longus, magnus, and brevis - insert onto linea aspera
What is the largest nerve in the body?
Sciatic
What does the sciatic nerve branch into?
Common peroneal and tibial
Capsule distention at femoral neck greater than what measurement is considered hip effusion?
> 7mm
T or F? Colour doppler on Ultrasound can rule out infection
FALSE - need aspiration
What disorder occurs when synovial villi develop ossified bodies and may break off and become loose in joint?
Synovial chondromatosis
What synovial disorder of the hip is an overgrowth & thickening of the synovium - a type of giant cell tumor?
PVNS - pigmented villonodular synovitis
The iliopsoas is formed by what two muscles?
Iliacus and psoas
What muscles are involved in “snapping hip syndrome” ?
Iliacus complex
Where does the rectus femoris originate?
AIIS - anterior inferior iliac spine
What glute tendons insert onto the greater trochanter?
Medius and minimus
What structures are referred to as the “rotator cuff of the hip”?
Gluteal tendons and trochanter
What facet of the greater trochanter does the glute minimus insert onto?
Anterior facet
What facet of the greater trochanter does the glute medius insert onto?
Lateral and superoposterior
What is the most common cause of an irritable hip in children?
Transient synovitis- is a viral infection
An anterior joint space in a child greater than what measurement is abnormal and is considered an effusion?
> 5mm
What pathology is known as inflammation of synovial joint capsule caused by a viral infection moving to the hip?
Transient synovitis