ANAT Lab Session 12

Question 1

Femoral triangle

Answer 1

Inguinal ligament, medial border of the sartorius muscle and the lateral border of the adductor longus

Question 2

At the base of the femoral triangle is a sulcus. What occupies this space?

Answer 2

Femoral artery and vein

Question 3

First step towards the dissection today is to preserve a vein. What is the vain and why is it so important?

Answer 3

Great Saphenous vein that junctions with the femoral vein in the fossa ovalis.

Used for grafting veins when needed

Question 4

What occurs at the fossa ovalis?

Answer 4

This is where the great saphenous vein empties into the femoral vein

Question 5

What is the nerve of the anterior compartment of the thigh?

Answer 5

Femoral nerve

Question 6

What is the nerve of the medial compartment of the thigh?

Answer 6

Obturator nerve

Question 7

Components of the quadriceps?

Answer 7

Rectus femoris
Vastus medialis
Vastus intermedius
Vastus Lateralis

Question 8

Muscles of the medial compartment of the thigh?

Answer 8

Pectineus
Adductor Brevis
Adductor Longus
Adductor Magnus

Question 9

What is the adductor hiatus?

Answer 9

Opening in the adductor magnus muscle for the femoral artery

Question 10

What is the subsartorial canal of Hunter?

Answer 10

Canal through which the femoral artery courses in the anterior thigh

Question 11

The anterior and posterior divisions of the obturator nerve are separated by what?

Answer 11

The adductor brevis