Anatomy Dissection 1 - The femoral triangle

Question 1

What is the superior border of the femoral triangle?

Answer 1

Inguinal Ligament

Question 2

What is the Lateral border of the femoral triangle?

Answer 2

Sartorius

Question 3

What is the medial border of the femoral triangle?

Answer 3

Adductor longus

Question 4

What is the floor of the femoral triangle?

Answer 4

Iliopsoas and pectineus

Question 5

What is the roof of the femoral triangle?

Answer 5

Deep fascia

Question 6

From lateral to medial what are the contents of the femoral triangle?

Answer 6

Femoral Nerve
Femoral Artery
Femoral Vein
Lymphatics (Deep inguinal lymph nodes)

Question 7

What envelopes the femoral artery and vein?

Answer 7

The femoral sheath

Question 8

What is the femoral sheath made of?

Answer 8

Short tube of transversalis and iliopsoas fascia from the adominal

Question 9

Where does the femoral nerve originate?

Answer 9

L2,3,4

Question 10

Where is the femoral nerve formed?

Answer 10

The Lumbar plexus

Question 11

What is the route of the saphenous nerve?

Answer 11

Branches from the femoral nerve to leave the adductor canal distally by passing between sartorius and gracilus

Question 12

What does the saphenous nerve supply?

Answer 12

The fascia and skin of the anteromedial aspects of the knee and leg and medial aspect of the foot

Question 13

What is contained in the femoral canal?

Answer 13

Deep inguinal lymph nodes

Adipose tissue

Question 14

How do the deep inguinal nodes run?

Answer 14

In a chain in the femoral canal medial to the femoral vein

Question 15

What supplies the majority of blood to the head of the femur and through what branches?

Answer 15

Medial and lateral circumflex femoral arteries through the retinacular branches

Question 16

What artery do the medial and lateral circumflex femoral arteries come from?

Answer 16

Profunda femoris

Question 17

Where does the inguinal ligament run from?

Answer 17

ASIS

Pubic tubercle

Question 18

What does the inguinal canal contain in males and females?

Answer 18

Males - spermatic cord

Females - round ligament

Question 19

How do the femoral vessels, nerve and iliopsoas exit the lower limb?

Answer 19

Deep to the inguinal ligament in the retroinguinal space

Question 20

Where can the inguinal ligament be palpated in dissection?

Answer 20

The junction between the external oblique aponeurosis and deep fascia of the thigh (fascia lata)

Question 21

What is the spinal root tested in the knee jerk?

Answer 21

L2-4

Question 22

What are the medial thigh muscles?

Answer 22

Gracilis

Adductors brevis, longus and magnus

Question 23

The muscles of the medial thigh are innervated by which nerve/

Answer 23

Obturator

Question 24

What are the three nerves that provide sensory innvervation of the thigh/

Answer 24

The anterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh, which is a branch of the femoral nerve (L2-L4)
The lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh, which is a branch of the lumbosacral plexus (L2-3)
The cutaneous branch of the obturator nerve (L2-4)