Exam 2

Question 1

How do you palpate the lateral collateral ligament?

Answer 1

externally rotate hip (place ankle on opposite knee) and palpate Lateral collateral ligament on lateral joint line of knee

Question 2

How do you palpate the semitendinosis?

Answer 2

patient lies in prone, resist knee flexion, tendons palpable on medial side of popliteal fossa

Question 3

How do you palpate the semimembranosus?

Answer 3

patient lies in prone, resist knee flexion, tendons palpable on medial side of popliteal fossa. Broader than semitendinosis tendon.

Question 4

How do you palpate the biceps femoris?

Answer 4

patient lies in prone, resist knee flexion, palpable on lateral side of popliteal fossa.

Question 5

How do you palpate gastrocnemius?

Answer 5

resist ankle plantarflexion and knee flexion.

Question 6

How do you palpate quadriceps femoris?

Answer 6

instruct patient to press back of knee onto table. Distinguish vastus medialis and lateralis on respective sides, and rectus femoris at midline.

Question 7

How do you palpate femoral triangle?

Answer 7

cross ankle over opposite knee while patient is supine. The inguinal ligament is the superior border, the adductor longus is the medial border, the sartorius is the lateral border (palpable distal to ASIS), and the iliopsoas and pectinius make up the floor of the triangle.

Question 8

How do you palpate the gluteus maximus?

Answer 8

resist hip extension with the knee flexed

Question 9

How do you palpate the gluteus medius?

Answer 9

patient sidelying, abduct hip, muscle is palpable distal to iliac crest.

Question 10

How do you palpate the greater trochanter?

Answer 10

patient sidelying, palpate lateral hip

Question 11

How do you palpate tibial tubercle?

Answer 11

inferior to patella at attachment of patellar tendon