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How is body weight transferred in the body?

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Vertebral column –> sacroiliac joints –> pelvic girdle –> hip joints –> femurs –> knee joints –> Tibia –> ankle joints –> arches of the foot
- Body weight is equally distributed from right and left hip

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Angle of inclination

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Angle of the femur

  1. Normal is 126 degrees
  2. Angle widest at birth 140 degrees
  3. Angle narrowest in old age 110 degrees
  4. In females the angle is greater due to wider hips
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Superficial fascia

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  1. Continuous with abdominal fascia

2. Embedded within are many nerves and blood vessels

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What are the names of the cutaneous nerves of the thigh?

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  1. Genital branch of genitofemoral
  2. Ilioinguinal
  3. Femoral branch of genitofemoral
  4. Medial femoral
  5. Intermediate femoral
  6. Lateral femoral
  7. Posterior femoral
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Characteristics of genital branch of genitofemoral nerve

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L1, L2

  1. Emerge from superficial ring to supply proximal medial thigh
  2. Most of the branches go to genital region
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Characteristics of ilioinguinal nerve

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L1

  1. Emerge from superficial ring to supply proximal medial thigh
  2. Most of the branches go to genital region
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Characteristics of femoral branch of genitofemoral nerve

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L1, L2

  1. Supplies skin over the femoral triangle
  2. Proximal part of anterior thigh
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Characteristics of medial femoral cutaneous branch

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  1. Branch off the femoral nerve

2. Supplies skin of the medial thigh

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Characteristics of intermediate femoral cutaneous branch

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  1. Branch of femoral nerve

2. Supplies skin of the distal anterior thigh

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Characteristics of lateral femoral cutaneous branch

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L2, L3

  1. NOT part of the femoral nerve
  2. Enters the thigh medial to ASIS
  3. Supplies skin of lateral thigh
  4. Sits lateral to intermediate cutaneous branch
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Characteristics of posterior femoral cutaneous nerve

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S1-S3

  1. Supplies posterior thigh and popliteal region
  2. Originates from sacral plexus
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Dermatome levels for the leg

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  1. L1-L5 for lower body skin

2. S2-S3 back of the thigh

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Superficial arteries are branches from what artery?

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  • branches from the femoral artery mainly
    1. Superficial circumflex iliac artery
    2. Superficial external pudendal artery
    3. Deep external pudendal artery
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Vein of the thigh

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Great saphenous vein

  1. Begins in the foot and ascends to proximal part of the thigh
  2. Empties into the femoral vein
  3. Enters the thigh passing posterior to the medial condyle of the femur
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What does the deep fascia or fascia lata do for the muscles?

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  1. Prevents the muscles from bulging
  2. Attaches to the IT band to hold it up
  3. Provides intermuscular septa that divides the thigh into 3 compartments
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Iliotibial tract band (IT)

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Lateral thickening of the fascia

Acts like a stocking that is held up by the tensor fascia latae

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Where does the tensor fascia lata attach?

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Superiorly = Inguinal ligament, parts of the hip bone, sacrum/coccyx, scarpa's fascia, sacrotuberous ligament
Inferiorly = knee joint becomes continuous with crural fascia
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What nerve are all the muscles of the anterior compartment innervated by?

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Femoral nerve

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What is the action of all the muscles of the anterior compartment?

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  1. Flexors of the hip

2. Extensors of the knee

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Characteristics of the sartorius muscle

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Part of anterior compartment
O: ASIS
I: superior part of medial surface of tibia
Crosses 2 joints = hip and knee joint ergo produce movement at both joint

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What is the pes anserinus?

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3 muscles that insert on the same area

  1. Sartorius
  2. Gracilis
  3. Semitendinosus
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Characteristics of quadriceps femoris muscle

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Part of anterior compartment 
Tendon attaches to patella via patella ligament 
Comprised of 4 muscles 
1. Rectus femoris 
2. Vastus lateralis
3. Vastus medialis 
4. Vastus intermedius
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Recuts femoris O and I

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Part of anterior compartment
one of the quadricep femoris muscles
O: AIIS
I: patella

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Vastus lateralis O and I

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Part of anterior compartment
One of the quadriceps femoris muscles
O: linea aspera
I: Patella

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Vastus medialis O and I
Part of anterior compartment One of the quadriceps femoris muscles O: linea aspera I: patella
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Vastus intermedius
Part of anterior compartment One of the quadriceps femoris muscles O: body of femur I: patella
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Characteristics of articularis genu
Part of anterior compartment O: Anterior part of femur I: synovial membrane of knee
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Characteristics of iliopsoas
``` Part of anterior compartment I: trochanter 2 muscles grouped together 1. Psoas major 2. Iliacus ```
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Psoas major O and I
Part of anterior compartment O: lumbar vertebra I: lesser trochanter of femur
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Iliacus O and I
Part of anterior compartment O: iliac crest and iliac fossa I: lesser trochanter of femur
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Tensor fascia latae O and I
Part of anterior compartment O: ASIS I: iliotibial tract
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What nerve innervates all but one muscle in the medial compartment?
obturator nerve minus the hamstring part of the adductor magnus which is supplied by the tibial nerve
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Characteristics of pectinus muscle
Part of medial compartment O: superior ramus of pubis I: Pectineal line of femur Innervated by the femoral and obturator nerve
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Adductor longus O and I
Part of medial compartment O: body of pubic bone I: linea aspera
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Adductor brevis O and I
Part of medial compartment O: inferior ramus of pubic bone I: Linea aspera
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Characteristics of adductor magnus muscle
``` Part of medial compartment Made up of 2 parts: 1. Adductor part 2. Hamstring part Contains an adductor hiatus to allow vessels to get to the back of the knee joint ```
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Adductor part of adductor magnus O and I
O: ischiopubic ramus I: linea aspera brings thighs together supplied by obturator nerve
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Hamstring part of adductor magnus O and I
O: ischial tuberosity I: adductor tubercle of femur supplied by tibial nerve
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Characteristics of Gracilis muscle
O: inferior ramus of pubis I: superior part of medial surface of tibia Part of pes anserinus
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Obturator externus O and I
O: Margins of obturator foramen and obturator membrane I: trochanteric fossa of femur
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What nerve innervates all the muscles in the posterior compartment?
Tibial nerve except the short head to biceps femoris
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What makes up the posterior compartment?
hamstring muscles
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What is the action of the posterior compartment muscles?
1. Extend the hip | 2. Flex the knee
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Where do all of the muscles in the posterior compartment originate?
ischial tuberosity
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Characteristics of the biceps femoris muscle
Has 2 heads 1. Long- follows all the norms for the posterior compartment 2. short- different from the norms
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Short head of the biceps femoris muscles O and I
O: Linea aspera I: Fibular head N: common peroneal nerve Not considered a muscle
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Semitendinosus O and I
O: Ischial tuberosity I: medial surface of upper tibia
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Semimembranosus O and I
O: ischial tuberosity I: medial tibial condyle
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Where is the femoral triangle located?
triangular space in proximal part of anterior compartment
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Boundaries of femoral triangle
1. Superiorly - inguinal ligament 2. Medial - medial border of adductor longus 3. Laterally- medial border of sartorius
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What does the femoral sheath cover?
Laterally- femoral artery Intermediate- femoral vein Medial- femoral canal filled with connective tissue and lymphatic vessels
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What are the contents of the femoral triangle?
1. Femoral artery and its branches 2. Femoral vein and its tributaries 3. Femoral nerve and its branches 4. Lymphatic vessels and nodes
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Adductor canal contents
1. Femoral artery and vein 2. Saphenous nerve 3. nerve to vastus medialis
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What are the boundaries of the adductor canal?
Anteromedial- sartorius Lateral- vastus medialis Posterior- adductor longus and magnus
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2 main nerves of the thigh
1. Femoral nerve - L2-L4 | 2. Obturator nerve- anterior and posterior division
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Femoral nerve sensory branches
1. Medial femoral cutaneous nerve 2. Intermediate femoral cutaneous nerve 3. nerve to vastus medialis 4. Saphenous nerve
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Characteristics of saphenous nerve
- travels through adductor canal | - leaves the canal at the lower end to innervate the skin of the leg and foot
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Femoral nerve motor branches go to which muscles in the thigh?
1. Sartorius 2. Quadriceps femoris 3. Articularis genu 4. Pectineus
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Characteristics of the femoral nerve
1. Largest branch of the lumbar plexus 2. Travels deep to inguinal ligament to enter the femoral triangle 3. Not inside the femoral sheath when is branches into sensory and motor but still inside the triangle
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What does the anterior division of the obturator nerve innervate?
muscles of the medial compartment of the thigh | Located between the adductor longus and adductor brevis
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What does the posterior division of the obturator nerve innervate?
Muscles in the posterior compartment of the thigh | Located behind adductor longus and adductor brevis
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What are the 2 main arteries that supply the thigh?
1. Femoral artery- many branches | 2. Obturator artery
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What is the femoral artery a continuation of?
External iliac artery
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What branch of the femoral artery goes to the back of the thigh?
Profunda femoris - largest branch - gives off 4 perforating branches to supply the hamstring muscles
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What are the branches of the femoral artery in the thigh?
1. Profunda femoris 2. Lateral and medial femoral circumflex 3. Muscular branches 4. Descending genicular 5. Popliteal- where it ends
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What are the 4 cruciate anastomsis?
1. 1st perforating artery 2. Medial femoral circumflex artery 3. Lateral femoral circumflex artery 4. Inferior gluteal artery
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Obturator artery
1. Branch from internal iliac artery | 2. Blood supply to medial thigh
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What is the popliteal fossa?
-Fat filled diamond space on back of knee
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What structure allows vessels back to the popliteal fossa?
adductor hiatus
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What vessels are on the back of the knee?
Popliteal artery and vein Was the femoral artery and vein Gives of the genicular artery branches
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Characteristics of the popliteal fossa?
1. Where the sciatic nerve splits into common peroneal and tibial nerve 2. Popliteal lymph nodes 3. Termination of small spahenous vein- drains into popliteal vein
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What are the boundaries of the popliteal fossa?
1. inferomedial and inferolateral- gastrocnemius muscle 2. Superolateral- biceps femoris 3. Superomedial- semimembranosus tendon 4. Floor- popliteal surface of femur and posterior knee ligaments

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