Femur

Question 1

What is femur bone ?

Answer 1

Longest and strongest bone of the body

Question 2

What are its parts ?

Answer 2

Rounded head a long shaft convex and Biconcondylar end

Question 3

What is it’s side determination ?

Answer 3

Head medically lower end convexity

Question 4

What does upper end of femur consists of ?

Answer 4

Head , neck greater and lesser trochanter foevea intertrochanteric line and crest

Question 5

Intertrochanteric crest side ?

Answer 5

Post

Question 6

Head feature

Answer 6

It is more than 1/2 of sphere medially forward

Question 7

Head articulates with ____

Answer 7

Acetabulum of hip joint

Question 8

Neck is about ___ cm

Answer 8

3.7

Question 9

Necks border and surfaces

Answer 9

2 each

Question 10

Upper border and lower border

Answer 10

Up- concave
Horizontal
Meets with greater trochanter
Lower - straight
Oblique
Meets shaft near lesser trochanter

Question 11

Anterior and posterior surfaces

Answer 11

Ant - flat
Intracapsular and articular cartilage extend upto this surface
Meets shaft at intertrochanteric line
Post - convex from above down
Concave side to side
Meets shaft at intertrochanteric crest
Little more Medial 1/2 intracapsular

Question 12

Post surface crossed by longitudinal groove for which tendon and inserted on.

Answer 12

Obturator externus into trochanteric fossa

Question 13

Angle btw neck shaft and trochanter shaft

Answer 13

125 ,8

Question 14

Why angle less in females ?

Answer 14

Wider pelvic

Question 15

Func of head shaft

Answer 15

Movements of hip joint

Question 16

Head shaft is thickness by

Answer 16

Calcar femorale

Question 17

Radiological impo of tro shaft angle

Answer 17

Direction of medullary canal
Alignment with greater trochanter

Question 18

What is angle of of femoral torison or anteversion?

Answer 18

15 transverse line join up and lower ends of femur

Question 19

Blood supply to intracapsular neck derived from

Answer 19

Retinacular arteries trochanteric anastomosis

Question 20

Extracapsular neck

Answer 20

ascending branch of medical circumflex femoral artery

Question 21

Features greater trochanter

Answer 21

Large quandrangular prominance
Locan: upper part junc of neck and shaft
Upper boarder lies centre of head

Question 22

What are the border and surfaces of gtrochanter

Answer 22

Upper border apex
3 surface : ant ,lateral medial
Ant : rough -lateral part
Medial : above - rough impression
Below - deep trochanteric fossa
Lateral : crossed by oblique ridge - downwards and forward

Question 23

Feat of lesser trochanter

Answer 23

Conical eminence
Medially and backwards
Junct btw neck and shaft - posteroinferior

Question 24

Intertrochanteric line features

Answer 24

Junc of ant surface of neck and shaft
Prominant ridge
At anteriosuperor angle of great trochanter as tubercle

Below - continuous spiral line front less trochanter - reach posterior surface of shaft

Question 25

Intertrochanter crest feat

Answer 25

Junc of posterior surf neck + shaft
Smooth rounded ridge
Begins - above posterior superior angle - great trochanter

Question 26

What is qudrate tubercle

Answer 26

Rounded elevation a Lil above trochanter crest