Femoral Triangle

Question 1

What is the medial border of the femoral triangle?

Answer 1

Adductor longus

Question 2

What is the lateral border of the femoral triangle?

Answer 2

Sartorius

Question 3

What is the superior border of the femoral triangle?

Answer 3

Inguinal ligament

Question 4

What makes up the muscular floor of the femoral triangle?

Answer 4

Pectineus

Iliopsoas

Question 5

What makes up the roof of the femoral triangle?

Answer 5

Fascia

Question 6

From lateral to medial, what are the contents of the femoral triangle?

Answer 6

Nerve
Artery 
Vein 
Y-fronts
(NAVY)

Question 7

What is the nerve in the femoral triangle?

Answer 7

Femoral nerve

Question 8

What nerve roots is the femoral nerve from?

Answer 8

L2, L3, L4

Question 9

What is the terminal cutaneous branch of the femoral nerve?

Answer 9

Saphenous nerve

Question 10

What does the femoral artery arise from?

Answer 10

External iliac artery

Question 11

What does the femoral artery divide into?

Answer 11

Profunda femoris artery

Question 12

What does the profunda femoris artery branch into?

Answer 12

Medial and lateral circumflex arteries

Question 13

What does the femoral vein arise from?

Answer 13

Popliteal vein

Question 14

What veins drain into the femoral vein?

Answer 14

Popliteal vein and also profunda femoris vein and great saphenous vein

Question 15

At what point does the femoral vein become the external iliac vein?

Answer 15

Posterior to the inguinal ligament