Femur Flashcards
_____ joins the greater and lesser tubercle anteriorly
_____ joins the greater and lesser tubercle Posteriorly
Intertrochanteric line
Quadrate tubercle
How to know the front and back of the femur
Front doesn’t have the Linea aspera
At the distal end of the femur, there are ______ and _____
2 epicondyles
2 condyles
_____ joins the 2 condyles anteriorly
_____ joins the 2 condyles Posteriorly
Patellar surface
Intercondylar fossa
The head of the femur has a depression, called???
Fovea for ligament of head
Intertrochanteric crest
Anterior or posterior?
Posterior
Linea aspera is made up of 2 lips
List them and what they originate as
Medial lip= pectinate line
Lateral lip= gluteal tubercle
Where is the nutrient foramen?
Right beside the lineA aspera on the lateral side
Linea aspera divides and ends as ????
Lateral and medial Supracondylar ridge
The space between the 2 Supracondylar ridges is ???
Popliteal surface
List the muscles that insert into the trochanteric fossa
Obturator internus
Superior and inferior gemellus
Piriformis
_____ inserts into the anterior surface of the greater trochanter
_____ inserts into the lesser trochanter
Gluteus minimus
Iliopsoas muscle
____ originates from the intertrochanteric line
Vastus lateralis
____ originates from the anterior and lateral surface of the femur
Vastus intermedius
Weird muscle on the distal anterior surface of the femur
Articularis genu
