Femur and Hip Joint

Question 1

What is the longest and heaviest bone in the body?

Answer 1

Femur

Question 2

What is the fovea capitus?

Answer 2

Site of attachment for the ligament of the head which supplies the femur head with blood supply.

Question 3

Proximally what does the linea aspera split into?

Answer 3

Medially: Pectineal line
Laterally: Gluteal Tuberosity

Question 4

Distally, what does the linea aspera divide into?

Answer 4

The medial and lateral supracondylar ridges.

Question 5

What structure is between the condyles of the femur?

Answer 5

Intercondylar Notch/Fossa

Question 6

What does the term popliteal usually refer to in regards to an area of the body?

Answer 6

The back of the knee.

Question 7

Which condyle of the femur is longer?

Answer 7

Medial

Question 8

What is normal angle between the femoral neck and shaft within the hip joint?

Answer 8

125*

Question 9

What does the Q-Angle stand for?

Answer 9

Quadriceps angle.

Question 10

In which direction is the femur angulated? Why?

Answer 10

The femur is angulated towards the midline of the body due to the width of the pelvis and the femur meeting the hip joint at an angle.

Question 11

Where does the Q-Angle run from in the body?

Answer 11

ASIS through the midline of the patella. (anterior superior iliac spine)

Question 12

What are the actual articulations of the hip joint?

Answer 12

Femoral head and the lunate surface of the acetabulum of the innominate bone.

Question 13

What type of joint is the hip joint?

Answer 13

Synovial, ball and socket. (Multiaxial)

Question 14

What are the 3 capsular ligaments of the hip joint capsule?

Answer 14

• Iliofemoral
• Pubofemoral
• Ischiofemoral

Question 15

Which ligament forms the anterior part of the hip joint capsule?

Answer 15

Iliofemoral ligament

Question 16

When is the Iliofemoral ligament tight?

Answer 16

In hip extension and external rotation which prevents the femur from going too far back.

Question 17

Which ligament forms the interior portion of the hip joint capsule?

Answer 17

Pubofemoral Ligament

Question 18

Which hip ligament is tight during hip extension and abduction?

Answer 18

Pubofemoral Ligament

Question 19

What are the attachment points of the Pubofemoral ligament?

Answer 19

-Body of the pubis
-femoral neck
(spirals under the neck)

Question 20

The Ischiofemoral ligament forms which portion of the hip joint capsule?

Answer 20

Ischiofemoral Ligament

Question 21

When is the Ischiofemoral ligament tight?

Answer 21

In hip extension and medial rotation.

Question 22

List the attachment points of the Ischiofemoral ligament?

Answer 22

-Ischium posterior to the acetabulum
(rolls over the neck of the femur)
-attaches anteriorly on the greater trochanter

Question 23

What anatomical feature of the femur is responsible for creating the Q-Angle?

a) acetabular shape
b) angle of neck
c) angle of shaft
d) size of greater trochanter
e) trochlea is thicker medially

Answer 23

b) angle of the neck of the femur

Question 24

The intertrochanter crest is only visible on which view of the femur?

a) anterior
b) posterior
c) medial
d) lateral
e) superior

Answer 24

b) posterior

- LINE is anterior view