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Anterior Thigh Part 3 Flashcards

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Anterior thigh muscles

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  • Sartorius
  • Quadriceps
  • Rectus femoris
  • Vastus lateralis
  • Vastus intermedius
  • Vastus medialis
  • Articularis genu
  • Tensor fascia latae
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Sartorius

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  • 2 joint muscle
  • Longest muscle in the body
  • Travels from anterolateral thigh to posteromedial knee
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Sartorius origin

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  • ASIS
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Sartorius insertion

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  • Medial aspect of proximal tibia

- Contributes to pes anserinus

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Sartorius innervation

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  • Femoral nerve
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Sartorius blood supply

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  • Femoral artery
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Sartorius function

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  • Flex/abduct/lateral rotate thigh (hip)
  • Flex the leg (knee)
  • Tailors muscle
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Quadriceps

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  • Group of 4 muscles that form the bulk of anterior compartment
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4 muscles contributing to quadriceps

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  • Rectus femoris
  • Vastus medialis
  • Vastus intermedius
  • Vastus lateralis
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Quadriceps function

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  • Function together as knee extensors
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Quadriceps converge to form

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  • Patellar (quadriceps) tendon

- Attaches to patella

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Patellar ligament

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  • Spans from the patella to the tibial tuberosity

- Some people also call the patellar ligament the patellar tendon

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Quadricep muscles (all 4) innervation

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  • Femoral nerve, posterior division
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Rectus femoris

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  • 2 heads (origins)

- 2 joint muscle, also a hip flexor

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Rectus femoris origin

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  • Straight (direct) head – ASIS

- Reflected (indirect) head – ilium rim of acetabulum

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Rectus femoris insertion

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  • Base of patella

- Tibial tuberosity (via patellar ligament)

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Rectus femoris blood supply

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  • Lateral femoral circumflex (directly and via its descending branch)
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Rectus femoris function

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  • Extend leg

- Flex thigh

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Most commonly strained quadriceps muscle

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  • Rectus femoris
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Vastus lateralis origin

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  • Superior aspect of intertrochanteric line
  • Anterior/inferior aspect of greater trochanter
  • Gluteal tuberosity
  • Lateral lip of linea aspera
  • Intermuscular septum
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Vastus lateralis insertion

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  • Lateral patellar border (patellar tendon)
  • Tibial tuberosity (via patellar ligament)
  • Tibia (via lateral patellar retiaculum)
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Vastus lateralis blood supply

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  • Descending branch of lateral femoral circumflex artery

- Superior lateral genicular artery

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Vastus lateralis function

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  • Extend leg

- Pull patella laterally

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Vastus intermedius located

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  • Deep to rectus femoris
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Vastus intermedius origin

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  • Superior 2/3 of anterior and lateral shaft of femur

- Intermuscular septum

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Vastus intermedius insertion

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  • Base of patella (patellar tendon)

- Tibial tuberosity (via patellar ligament)

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Vastus intermedius blood supply

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  • Descending branch of lateral femoral circumflex artery
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Vastus intermedius function

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  • Extend the leg
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Vastus medialis

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  • “Teardrop” visible and palpable above medial knee
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Vastus medialis origin

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  • Inferior aspect of intertrochanteric line
  • Spiral line
  • Medial lip of linea aspera
  • Superior medial supracondylar line
  • Intermuscular septum
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Vastus medialis insertion

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  • Medial patellar border (patellar tendon)
  • Tibial tuberosity (via patellar ligament)
  • Tibia (via medial patellar retinaculum)
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Vastus medialis blood supply

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  • Femoral artery
  • Profunda femoris
  • Superior medial genicular atery
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Vastus medialis function

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  • Extend the leg

- Pull patella medially

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The quadriceps aponeuroses, IT band, sartorius contribute to

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  • Medial and lateral patellar retinacula
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Medial and lateral patellar retinacula are fibrous expansions that

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  • Attach to the patella and tibia

- Reinforce joint capsule of the knee and help stabilize patella

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Articularis genu

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  • Very small

- Deep to vastus intermedius

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Articularis genu origin

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  • Distal shaft of femur
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Articularis genu insertion

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  • Suprapatellar bursa/synovial membrane
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Articularis genu function

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  • Pulls suprapatellar bursa superiorly

- Prevents compression within knee joint with extension

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Tensor fascia latae

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  • Found on the lateral thigh

- Can be grouped with the gluteal muscles based on innervation

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Tensor fascia latae origin

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  • Lateral lip of iliac crest from ASIS to tubercle of iliac crest
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Tensor fascia latae insertion

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  • Iliotibial band (the band attaches to Gerdy’s tubercle on the lateral proximal tibia)
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Tensor fascia latae innervation

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  • Superior gluteal nerve
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Tensor fascia latae bloody supply

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  • Ascending branch of lateral femoral circumflex artery

- Superior gluteal arteries

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Tensor fascia latae function

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  • Flex/abduct and medially rotate thigh

- Stabilize hip & knee during gait

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Femoral nerve (L2-4) pathway

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  • Enters thigh by passing deep to inguinal ligament
  • Through the muscular lacuna
  • Between psoas major and iliacus
  • Lateral to femoral vessels, outside of femoral sheath, within femoral triangle
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Femoral nerve (L2-4) innervates

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  • Anterior thigh muscles

- Hip and knee joints, cutaneous

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Femoral nerve branches

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  • Nerve to Iliacus
  • Nerve to Pectineus
  • Anterior division (3)
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Femoral nerve anterior division

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  • Medial femoral cutaneous (L2,3)
  • Intermediate femoral cutaneous (L2,3)
  • Nerve to sartorius
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Medial femoral cutaneous (L2,3) pathway

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  • Follows along with Sartorius
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Medial femoral cutaneous (L2,3) supplies

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  • Anteromedial thigh
  • Superior medial knee
  • Contributes to Patellar and Subsartorial plexuses
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Intermediate femoral cutaneous (L2,3) supplies

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  • Supplies central anterior thigh

- Contributes to Patellar plexus

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Femoral nerve posterior division

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  • Saphenous nerve
  • Branches to quadriceps femoris muscles
  • Branch to knee and hip joinrs
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Saphenous nerve (L3,4) pathway

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  • Travels with femoral vessels in adductor canal

- Becomes superficial inferomedial thigh

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Saphenous nerve (L3,4) supplies

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  • Skin of medial half of leg and patellar surface
  • Contributes to Patellar and Subsartorial plexuses
  • Medial side of the foot (portion of the medial arch)
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Branches to quadriceps femoris muscles

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  • They are named by what they intervate

- Nerve to vastus intermedius, etc…

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Adductor canal (Subsartorial canal, Hunter’s canal)

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  • Located middle 1/3 of thigh, deep to Sartorius
  • Between anterior and medial compartments
  • Begins at apex of femoral triangle, ends at the aductor hiatus
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Adductor canal (Subsartorial canal, Hunter’s canal) boundaries

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  • Anterolateral: vastus medialis
  • Posterior: adductor longus and adductor magnus
  • Anteromedial: Sartorius muscle
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Adductor canal (Subsartorial canal, Hunter’s canal) contents

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  • Femoral artery/vein
  • Nerve to vastus intermedius
  • Saphenous nerve
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Femoral artery in adductor canal

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  • Becomes anterior to vein inferiorly
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Femoral vein in adductor canal becomes

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  • Descending genicular artery
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Most lateral content in adductor canal

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  • Nerve to vastus medialis

Most lateral in adductor canal

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Saphenous nerve in adductor canal

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  • Will pierce fascia and become cutaneous
  • Travels with great saphenous vein
  • Does not pass through adductor hiatus
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At adductor hiatus, femoral vessels pass through and become

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  • Popliteal vessels (in popliteal fossa)

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