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Anterior and Medial Thigh Flashcards

1
Q

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

A

Neck of the femur

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2
Q

The greater trochanter is located where?

A

Superolaterally on femur

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3
Q

The lesser trochanter is located where?

A

Medial on femur

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4
Q

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

A

Linea aspera

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5
Q

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

A

2, Lateral and medial lips

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6
Q

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

A

Gluteal tuberosity

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7
Q

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

A

Pectineal line

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8
Q

The linea aspera diverges inferiorly to form what structure?

A

Medial and lateral supracondylar lines

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9
Q

How does the femur articulate with the tibia?

A

Medial and lateral condyles

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10
Q

What separates the medial and lateral condyles?

A

Intercondylar fossa

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11
Q

What structure do the condyles articulate with?

A

Tibial plateau

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12
Q

Where does the adductor magnus insert?

A

Adductor tubercle

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13
Q

Where is the adductor tubercle located?

A

On the medial epicondyle of the femur

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14
Q

Where does the patellar ligament insert?

A

Tibial tuberosity

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15
Q

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

A

3

Intermuscular septa of deep fascia

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16
Q

What are the compartments of the thigh?

A

Anterior
Posterior
Medial

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17
Q

What actions do the anterior thigh muscles have?

A

Knee extension

Hip flexion

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18
Q

What nerve innervates the anterior thigh muscles?

A

Femoral

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19
Q

What movements do the medial muscles do?

A

Hip adductors

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20
Q

What nerve innervates the medial thigh muscles?

A

Obturator

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21
Q

What movements do the posterior thigh muscles do?

A

Knee flexion

Hip extensors

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22
Q

What nerve innervates the posterior thigh muscles?

A

Sciatic nerve

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23
Q

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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24
Q

Which anterior thigh muscles only act on the knee?

A

Vastus medialis
Vastus intermedius
Vastus lateralis

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25
Q

Which anterior thigh muscles act on both the knee and hip?

A

Sartorius

Rectus femoris

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26
Q

How many muscles are in the medial thigh compartment? What are they?

A 
5
Gracilis
Adductor longus
Adductor brevis
Adductor magnus
Pectineus
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27
Q

Which medial thigh muscle acts on both the knee and hip?

A

Gracilis

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28
Q

Which 2 medial thigh muscles are in the same superficial plane?

A

Adductor longus

Pectineus

29
Q

Where does the adductor brevis lie?

A

Deep to the adductor longus

30
Q

What is the strongest adductor muscle in the thigh?

A

Adductor magnus

31
Q

Which compartment of muscles are the strongest adductors of the thigh?

A

Medial

32
Q

Which 2 actions are the medial muscles weak at?

A

Hip flexion

Medial rotation

33
Q

The femoral vessels travel from anterior to posterior through what structure?

A

Adductor hiatus

34
Q

Femoral vessels become what when they are posterior?

A

Popliteal vessels

35
Q

What is the largest sesamoid bone in the body?

A

Patella

36
Q

What muscle is the strongest flexor of the hip?

A

Iliopsoas

37
Q

What vessel supplies the neck of the femur?

A

Lateral circumflex femoral

38
Q

What are the 3 borders of the femoral triangle?

A

Superior- inguinal ligament
Lateral- medial border of sartorius
Medial- medial border of adductor longus

39
Q

What structures form the floor of the femoral triangle?

A

Iliposoas
Pectineus
Adductor longus

40
Q

What structure forms the roof of the femoral triangle?

A

Fascia lata

41
Q

The acronym NAVEL describes what?

A

The order of vessels in the femoral triangle from lateral –> medial

42
Q

The femoral sheath surrounds which vessels?

A

Artery
Vein
Lymph

43
Q

What vessels are located in the femoral canal?

A

Lymph vessels

44
Q

The femoral artery is a branch of which artery?

A

External iliac

45
Q

The femoral artery travels ______ to the inguinal ligament.

A

Deep

46
Q

The femoral artery gives off what vessel in the femoral triangle?

A

Deep artery of the thigh

47
Q

What is the main blood supply to the thigh?

A

Deep artery of the thigh

48
Q

What vessels branch off the deep artery of the thigh?

A

Medial and lateral femoral circumflex

Perforating arteries

49
Q

The perforating arteries supply what?

A

Posterior thigh

50
Q

The deep artery of the thigh travels deep to what muscle?

A

Adductor longus

51
Q

Where is the adductor canal?

A

From apex of femoral triangle to adductor hiatus

52
Q

Where do the femoral vessels travel?

A

Adductor canal

53
Q

Where does the saphenous nerve travel?

A

Adductor canal

54
Q

What forms the anterior border of the adductor canal?

A

Sartorius

55
Q

What are the 3 classes of veins of the thigh? What do they drain or what is their function?

A

Superficial- subcutaneous fascia
Deep- travel with arteries
Perforating- connect superficial and deep

56
Q

Where do the deep veins drain?

A

External iliac vein

57
Q

Where does the great saphenous vein originate?

A

Dorsal venous arch on foot

58
Q

The great saphenous vein travels _____ to the medial malleolus and ______ to the medial epicondyle at the knee.

A

Anterior

Posterior

59
Q

The great saphenous vein travels in which orientation up the leg?

A

Medially

60
Q

Where does the great saphenous vein drain?

A

Femoral vein

61
Q

Where does the great saphenous vein travel through?

A

Saphenous hiatus

62
Q

Where does the lymph drain?

A

Deep inguinal nodes

63
Q

What provides the innervation for sensory to skin of anterior thigh?

A

Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
Branches of femoral nerve
Femoral branch of genitofemoral nerve

64
Q

What provides sensory innervation to the skin of medial thigh?

A

Obturator nerve

65
Q

What supplies motor innervation to anterior thigh muscles?

A

Femoral nerve

66
Q

What supplies motor innervation to the medial muscles of the thigh?

A

Obturator nerve

67
Q

What does the head of the femur articulate with?

A

Acetebulum of pelvis

68
Q

All the anterior compartment muscles are innervated by what nerve?

A

Femoral

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