Canine Pelvic Limb VAN

Question 1

Alteration in the spacing of what 3 structures may reveal luxation of the femur?

Answer 1

Ilium, ischium, and femur

Question 2

What joins the dorsal and ventral spines of the ilium and can be used for bone marrow biopsy?

Answer 2

Iliac crest

Question 3

What border does the vascular lacunae and inguinal canal share?

Answer 3

Inguinal lig.

Question 4

External iliac transforms into what at the vascular lacunae?

Answer 4

Femoral a.

Femoral a. is palpable on live animal, external iliac a. is not

Question 5

What is seen in femoral triangle?

Answer 5

A tiny bit of the femoral n., and the femoral a. and v.

Question 6

Borders of the femoral triangle are?

Answer 6

Caudal sartorius, pectinius, and inguinal lig.

Question 7

Blood supply to the joint capsule, femoral neck, and proximal epiphysis is from?

Answer 7

Lat. and med. Circumflex femoral aa.

and with the help of the caudal gluteal a., form an extracapsular ring from which branches pierce the joint capsule

Question 8

What a. Are major contributors to the femoral head of the kitten but not the dog?

Answer 8

Arteries in the lig. Of the femoral head

Question 9

Trauma leads to absorption of what because of its poor blood supply?

Answer 9

Femoral neck

Question 10

What structures are at risk crossing the dorsocaudal hip joint?

Answer 10

Sciatic n. and caudal gluteal vessels

Question 11

Why avoid intramuscular injections to the caudal thigh?

Answer 11

Possible damage to sciatic n.

Question 12

What does the femoral a. change into at the popliteal fossa?

Answer 12

Popliteal a. ( has accompanying vein)

Question 13

Unlike other species, the dog and cat lack what lymph nodes?

Answer 13

Subiliac lymph nodes

Question 14

Trauma to sciatic would lead to what signs?

Answer 14

Inability to flex stifle and extend hip

Question 15

What follows the gastroc. m, joins the femoral v at the popliteal fossa, and is commonly used for IV injections?

Answer 15

Lat. saphenous (proximal part is relatively fixed ind straight for IV injections)

Question 16

The vascularization of the leg and more distal parts depends on what?

Answer 16

Cranial tibial and saphenous aa. (Caudal tibial isn’t really worth shit)

Question 17

What n. is accompanied by the external iliac a. and v. and on entering the thigh is positioned between sartorius and pectineus?

Answer 17

Femoral n.

Question 18

What n. runs through the psoas m.?

Answer 18

Femoral n.

Question 19

What is the larger of the 2 terminal branches of the internal iliac a.?

Answer 19

Caudal gluteal

Question 20

The caudal gluteal a. runs lateral to the coccygeus m. and parallel to what a.?

Answer 20

Internal pudendal

Question 21

Iliolumbar and cranial gluteal a. Are branches of what?

Answer 21

Caudal gluteal a.

Question 22

What direction do the iliolumbar and cranial gluteal go after branching from the caudal gluteal a.?

Answer 22

Iliolumbar goes cranially and cranial gluteal goes caudally

Question 23

What a. and n. run between the middle and deep gluteal muscles, which they supply?

Answer 23

The cranial gluteal a. and n.

( the cranial gluteal n. also continues into and innervates the tensor fasciae latae m.

Question 24

What artery arises close to the origin of the caudal gluteal a. or directly from the internal iliac a.

Answer 24

Iliolumbar a.

Question 25

What artery supplies the psoas minor, olio psoas, sartorius, tensor, fasciae latae, and middle gluteal m.?

Answer 25

Iliolumbar a.

on the lateral side, it has terminal distribution to the deep surface of he cranial end of the middle gluteal

Question 26

What a. lies on the ventrocranial side of the sacrotuberous lig. and gives off small branches to adjacent m. in this area?

Answer 26

Caudal gluteal a.

Small branches include:

• Lateral caudal artery to the tail
• Dorsal perineal artery to the perineum

Question 27

The caudal gluteal a. passes over the ischiatic spine with the sciatic n. Ventral to the sacrotuberous lig. and supplies what?

Answer 27

Superficial and middle gluteals, rotators of the hip, and the adductor m.

(The caudal gluteal a. divides into several branches and also supplies the semitendinosus, membranosus, and biceps femoral)

Question 28

The external iliac a. arises from the aorta and distally lies on the iliopsoas m.. On passing through the vascular lacuna in the abdominal wall it becomes what?

Answer 28

Femoral a.

Question 29

What is the only branch of the external iliac a.?

Answer 29

Deep femoral a.

It arises in the abdomen near the vascular lacuna and courses caudally

Question 30

What does the descending genicular a. supply?

Answer 30

Medial surface of the stifle

Question 31

What leave the cranial aspect of the femoral a. and courses between vastus medialis and sartorius?

Answer 31

Descending genicular a.

Question 32

The distal caudal femoral a. supplies what?

Answer 32

Hamstrings, gastroc., and digital flexors

Question 33

Popliteal a. supplies what?

Answer 33

Stifle, gastroc., and popliteal

Question 34

The popliteal a. Terminates as what?

Answer 34

Cranial and caudal tibial aa.