Anterior and medial thigh

Question 1

function of most anterior thigh muscles?

Answer 1

hip flexion, knee extension

Question 2

artery that supplies the anterior compartment?

Answer 2

femoral/profunda femora artery

Question 3

nerve that supplies the anterior compartment?

Answer 3

femoral nerve

Question 4

what clinical application does a weak vastus medialis have?

Answer 4

causes poor lateral tracking and therefore lateral dislocation

Question 5

Nickname for the sartorius muscle?

Answer 5

cross leg mucle

Question 6

Function of the pectineus?

Answer 6

both medial and anterior compartment functions

Question 7

Function of the medial thigh muscles?

Answer 7

hip abduction

Question 8

what nerve innervates the medial compartment of the thigh?

Answer 8

obturator nerve

Question 9

what is within the femoral triangle?

Answer 9

passageway for neurovascular structures

Question 10

what three structures form the femoral triangle?

Answer 10

Superior inguinal canal, medial adductor longus, lateral sartorius

Question 11

what nerve does the femoral n branch from?

Answer 11

saphenous nerve

Question 12

which nerve cross through the pelvis?

Answer 12

obturator n.

Question 13

which artery supplies the lower limb?

Answer 13

femoral artery

Question 14

clinical application to an injury to the femoral artery?

Answer 14

death

Question 15

how to stop death from an injury to femoral artery

Answer 15

palpate the femoral triangle

Question 16

what branches does the profunda femora a. supply?

Answer 16

lateral femoral circumflex and medial femoral circumflex

Question 17

where can the femoral vein be found?

Answer 17

within the femoral triangle

Question 18

function of the femoral canal?

Answer 18

permits expansion of artery during systole

Question 19

function of the adductor (subsartorial) canal)

Answer 19

allows passage of femoral vessels to adductor hiatus

Question 20

purpose of the obturator canal?

Answer 20

the obturator foramen is covered by membrane so there needs to be a canal to allow passage of obturator artery