Anterior And Medial Thigh And Femoral Triangle Flashcards
What are the three tributaries of the great saphenous vein?
External pudental vein
Superficial circumflex vein
Superficial epigastric vein
What does the external pudental vein drain?
The penis and scrotum in male, the vulva, lower vagina, and lower half of the anal canal
What does the superficial circumflex iliac vein drain?
Lateral thigh
What does the superficial epigastric vein drain?
The anterior abdominal wall inferior to the umbilicus
What drains the three tributaries of the great saphenous vein?
The horizontal, inguinal lymph nodes
What do the vertical inguinal lymph nodes drain?
The remaining superficial tissues of the lower extremity
The saphenous vein meet with what deep vein on it’s way back to the heart?
Femoral vein
At what line do the external iliac artery/vein become the femoral artery and vein?
When they cross the inguinal ligament
What muscle crosses from the lateral ilium to the medial knee at a superficial level?
Sartorius
What are the four muscles of the quad from superficial lateral to medial to deep?
Vastus lateralis, rectus femoris, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius
What makes up the boundaries of the femoral triangle? What makes up the floor of the femoral triangle?
The inguinal ligament, sartorius, and adductor longus; illiopsoas muscle and pectineus muscle
What is the femoral sheath comprised of?
NAVEL from lateral to medial, nerve, artery, vein, empty space, lymph
