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Anterior and Medial Thigh Flashcards

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Fractures in the “hip joint” are most common where?

A

Neck of the femur

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The greater trochanter is located where?

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Superolaterally on femur

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The lesser trochanter is located where?

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Medial on femur

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What is the longitudinal line on the posterior surface of the femur?

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Linea aspera

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The linea aspera is divided into how many lips? What are their names?

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2, Lateral and medial lips

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The lateral lip of the linea aspera becomes what superior structure?

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Gluteal tuberosity

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The medial lip of the linea aspera becomes what superior structure?

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Pectineal line

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The linea aspera diverges inferiorly to form what structure?

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Medial and lateral supracondylar lines

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How does the femur articulate with the tibia?

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Medial and lateral condyles

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What separates the medial and lateral condyles?

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Intercondylar fossa

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What structure do the condyles articulate with?

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Tibial plateau

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Where does the adductor magnus insert?

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Adductor tubercle

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Where is the adductor tubercle located?

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On the medial epicondyle of the femur

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Where does the patellar ligament insert?

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Tibial tuberosity

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How many compartments is the thigh divided into? What divides them?

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3

Intermuscular septa of deep fascia

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What are the compartments of the thigh?

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Anterior
Posterior
Medial

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What actions do the anterior thigh muscles have?

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Knee extension

Hip flexion

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18
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What nerve innervates the anterior thigh muscles?

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Femoral

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What movements do the medial muscles do?

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Hip adductors

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What nerve innervates the medial thigh muscles?

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Obturator

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What movements do the posterior thigh muscles do?

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Knee flexion

Hip extensors

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What nerve innervates the posterior thigh muscles?

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Sciatic nerve

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How many muscles are in the anterior compartment? What are they?

A

5
Sartorius
Quads- vastus medialis, rectus femoris, vastus intermedius, vastus lateralis

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Which anterior thigh muscles only act on the knee?

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Vastus medialis
Vastus intermedius
Vastus lateralis

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Which anterior thigh muscles act on both the knee and hip?
Sartorius | Rectus femoris
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How many muscles are in the medial thigh compartment? What are they?
``` 5 Gracilis Adductor longus Adductor brevis Adductor magnus Pectineus ```
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Which medial thigh muscle acts on both the knee and hip?
Gracilis
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Which 2 medial thigh muscles are in the same superficial plane?
Adductor longus | Pectineus
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Where does the adductor brevis lie?
Deep to the adductor longus
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What is the strongest adductor muscle in the thigh?
Adductor magnus
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Which compartment of muscles are the strongest adductors of the thigh?
Medial
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Which 2 actions are the medial muscles weak at?
Hip flexion | Medial rotation
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The femoral vessels travel from anterior to posterior through what structure?
Adductor hiatus
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Femoral vessels become what when they are posterior?
Popliteal vessels
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What is the largest sesamoid bone in the body?
Patella
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What muscle is the strongest flexor of the hip?
Iliopsoas
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What vessel supplies the neck of the femur?
Lateral circumflex femoral
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What are the 3 borders of the femoral triangle?
Superior- inguinal ligament Lateral- medial border of sartorius Medial- medial border of adductor longus
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What structures form the floor of the femoral triangle?
Iliposoas Pectineus Adductor longus
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What structure forms the roof of the femoral triangle?
Fascia lata
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The acronym NAVEL describes what?
The order of vessels in the femoral triangle from lateral --> medial
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The femoral sheath surrounds which vessels?
Artery Vein Lymph
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What vessels are located in the femoral canal?
Lymph vessels
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The femoral artery is a branch of which artery?
External iliac
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The femoral artery travels ______ to the inguinal ligament.
Deep
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The femoral artery gives off what vessel in the femoral triangle?
Deep artery of the thigh
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What is the main blood supply to the thigh?
Deep artery of the thigh
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What vessels branch off the deep artery of the thigh?
Medial and lateral femoral circumflex | Perforating arteries
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The perforating arteries supply what?
Posterior thigh
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The deep artery of the thigh travels deep to what muscle?
Adductor longus
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Where is the adductor canal?
From apex of femoral triangle to adductor hiatus
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Where do the femoral vessels travel?
Adductor canal
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Where does the saphenous nerve travel?
Adductor canal
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What forms the anterior border of the adductor canal?
Sartorius
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What are the 3 classes of veins of the thigh? What do they drain or what is their function?
Superficial- subcutaneous fascia Deep- travel with arteries Perforating- connect superficial and deep
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Where do the deep veins drain?
External iliac vein
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Where does the great saphenous vein originate?
Dorsal venous arch on foot
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The great saphenous vein travels _____ to the medial malleolus and ______ to the medial epicondyle at the knee.
Anterior | Posterior
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The great saphenous vein travels in which orientation up the leg?
Medially
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Where does the great saphenous vein drain?
Femoral vein
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Where does the great saphenous vein travel through?
Saphenous hiatus
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Where does the lymph drain?
Deep inguinal nodes
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What provides the innervation for sensory to skin of anterior thigh?
Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve Branches of femoral nerve Femoral branch of genitofemoral nerve
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What provides sensory innervation to the skin of medial thigh?
Obturator nerve
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What supplies motor innervation to anterior thigh muscles?
Femoral nerve
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What supplies motor innervation to the medial muscles of the thigh?
Obturator nerve
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What does the head of the femur articulate with?
Acetebulum of pelvis
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All the anterior compartment muscles are innervated by what nerve?
Femoral

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