B5 Flashcards
What type of joint is the hip joint?
Ball and socket synovial joint
What is the articulation of the hip joint?
Femur head and the acetabulum
What type of cartilage covers the hip joint articulation site?
Hyaline
What the acetabular cartilage covers 3 quarters of the articulation of the hip joint. What covers the rest?
Transverse acetabular ligament
What is the posterior ligament of the hip joint?
Ischiofemoral ligament
What are the anterior ligaments of the hip joint?
Pubofemoral and iliofemoral ligaments
Ligament teres (ligament of the head of femur)
What is found in the acetabular fossa?
Fat
Which movements are found at the hip joint?
Flexion, extension, medial and lateral rotation, abduction and abduction, and circumduction
What is the blood supply to the hip joint?
Retinacular vessels from medial and lateral circumflex femoral arteries (branches of profundal femoris)
Which ligament does the lateral circumflex pierce?
The iliofemoral
Where does the medial circumflex pass under?
Acetabular notch
What happens if the blood supply to hip joint is damaged?
Head of femur is at risk of a vascular necrosis
What type of joint is the knee?
Modified hinge joint
What are the articulations of the knee joint?
Femoral condyles to tibial condyles and femoral patellar surface to patellar facets
What are the extracapsular ligaments of the knee joint?
Medial and lateral collateral ligaments
arcuate popliteal ligament
Patellar ligament
Oblique popliteal ligament
