Anterior and Medial Thigh

Question 1

Function of the deep fascia of the thigh

Answer 1

helps return blood to the heart when lower extremities are contracting.

Question 2

Anterior thigh muscles

Answer 2

iliopsoas, sartorius, quadriceps femoris

Question 3

Origin of iliopsoas and insertion.

Answer 3

O psoas: vertebral body and transverse processes of T12-L5
O illiacus: iliac crest, iliac fossa
I: lesser trochanter of femur

Question 4

Action of the iliopsoas

Answer 4

flex the thigh and bend the body of the trunk

Question 5

Origin of the sartorius, and insertion.

Answer 5

O: ASIS
I: medial surface of tibia (part of pes anserinus)

Question 6

Functions of sartorius

Answer 6

flex, abduct, and laterally rotate, flex and sit cross legged

Question 7

Sartorius innervated by

Answer 7

femoral nerve

Question 8

Bursae at the knee

Answer 8

prepaterllar
suprapatellar
subcutaneous infrapatellar
deep infrapatellar

Question 9

What bursitis is associated with kneeling for an extended amount of time?

Answer 9

prepatellar bursitis or nun’s knee

Question 10

Charley horse and hip pointer

Answer 10

contusion of the quads

contusion of iliac crest

Question 11

Runners knee is aka

Answer 11

chondromalacia patellae

Question 12

Patellar dislocations are almost always

Answer 12

lateral

Question 13

Medial thigh muscles

Answer 13

adductor longus, brevis and magnus gracilis

Question 14

Innervation of the medial thigh muscles

Answer 14

obturator nerve

Question 15

Origin of adductor longus and insertion

Answer 15

O: body of pubis
I: mid 1/3 of medial linea aspera

Question 16

Adductor brevis origin and insertion

Answer 16

O: inferior ramus of pubis
I: proximal linea aspera

Question 17

Origin of adductor magnus and insertion

Answer 17

O: inferior pubic ramus and ischial tuberosity
I: linea aspera, medial supracondylar line and adductor tubercle

Question 18

Origin of the adductor magnus hamstring part and insertion

Answer 18

O: ischial tuberosity
I: adductor tubercle on femur

Question 19

Functions of adductor magnus hamstring part

Answer 19

extends thigh

Question 20

Innervation of adductor magnus hamstring part

Answer 20

tibial nerve

Question 21

Origin of gracilis and insertion

Answer 21

O: inferior ramus of pubis
I: superior/medial surface of tibia

Question 22

What muscle is often used for transplantations on the hand or external anal sphincter?

Answer 22

gracilis

Question 23

What does the obturator externus do?

Answer 23

steadies the femur head in the hip joint

Question 24

Pes Anserinus is made up of what three muscles and three nerves and is on the medial surface of the tibia?

Answer 24

sartorius
gracilis
semitendinosus
femoral nerve
obturator nerve
sciatic nerve

Question 25

Femoral triangle has an opening just below the inguinal ligament called..

Answer 25

saphenous opening or hiatus

Question 26

The femoral triangle saphenous opening is covered by a connective tissue called…

Answer 26

cribriform fascia

Question 27

Why is the femoral triangle clinically important?

Answer 27

palpate the femoral artery
compress the femoral artery against superior ramus of pubic bone.
put catheter into femoral artery for a left cardiac angiography or vein for right cardiac angiography
femoral vein puncture for fluid infusion

Question 28

Femoral nerve cutaneous branches to…and terminates to …

Answer 28

anterior medial thigh

saphenous nerve

Question 29

Femoral artery branches

Answer 29

deep artery of the thigh to medial and lateral circumflex femoral arteries

Question 30

Inguinal ligament is what dermatome?

Answer 30

L1

Question 31

Skin anterior to patella and over medial malleolus are what dermatome?

Answer 31

L4

Question 32

Lateral malleolus is what dermatome?

Answer 32

S1