Femur

Question 1

What are the two bony ridges connecting the two trochanters of the femur

Answer 1

Anteriorly - intertrochanteric line

Posteriorly - intertrochanteric crest

Question 2

What is the fovea

Answer 2

Small depression in the head of the femur where ligamentum teres attaches

Question 3

What is the angle of the neck of femur

Answer 3

135 degrees

Question 4

What muscles insert into the greater trochanter

Answer 4

Gluteus medius
Gluteus minimus
Piriformis

Question 5

What muscles originates from the greater trochanter

Answer 5

Vastus lateralis

Question 6

What inserts into the lesser trochanter

Answer 6

Iliopsoas

Question 7

What attaches to the intertrochanteric line

Answer 7

Iliofemoral ligament

Hip joint capsule

Question 8

What is the name for the intertrochanteric line after it passes the lesser trochanter

Answer 8

Pectineal line

Question 9

Where is the quadrate tubercle

Answer 9

On the superior half of the intertrochanteric crest

Question 10

What inserts into the quadrate tubercle

Answer 10

Quadratus femoris

Question 11

What is the ridge of bone on the posterior aspect of the femoral shaft called

Answer 11

Linea aspera

Question 12

What does the linea aspera split inferiorly to form

Answer 12

Medial and lateral supracondylar lines

Question 13

What does the linea aspera split superiorly to form

Answer 13

Medial - pectineal line

Lateral - gluteal tuberosity

Question 14

What inserts into the gluteal tuberosity

Answer 14

Gluteus maximus

Question 15

Where does the medial supracondylar line stop

Answer 15

At the adductor tubercle

Question 16

What inserts into the adductor tubercle

Answer 16

Adductor magnus

Question 17

What does the posterior and inferior surfaces of medial and lateral condyles articulate with

Answer 17

Tibia and menisci of the knee

Question 18

What does the anterior surface of the medial and lateral condyles articulate with

Answer 18

Patella

Question 19

Which condyle is more prominent

Answer 19

Lateral

Question 20

What does the prominent lateral condyle help with

Answer 20

Prevents natural lateral movement of the patella

Question 21

Which is the larger epicondyle

Answer 21

Medial

Question 22

What ligaments originate from the lateral and medial epicondyles

Answer 22

Lateral and medial collateral ligaments

Question 23

What is the depression between the condyles called

Answer 23

Intercondylar fossa

Question 24

What ligaments attach to the intercondylar fossa

Answer 24

ACL - to the medial aspect of the lateral condyle

PCL - to the lateral aspect of the medial condyle