Final Flashcards
What actions do the anterior compartment of the thigh do?
Hip flexion
Knee Extension
What action does the medial compartment of the thigh do?
Adductor
What invests the LE?
Deep Fascia
What separates the compartments of the thigh and what are those compartment?
Fibrous septa of the fascia lata & crural fascia
Anterior, medial & posterior
Where does the fascia lata attach superiorly?
Inguinal ligament, pubic arch, body of pubis & pubic tubercle
Where does the fascia lata attach laterally & posteriorly?
Iliac crest
Where does the fascia lata attach posteriorly to?
Sacrum, coccyx, sarcrotuberous ligament & ischial tuberosity
What is an extremely strong, thickened lateral compartment of the fascia lata?
Iliotibial band
What muscles does the iliotibal band enclose?
Tensor fascia lata & Gluteus maximus
Where does the IT band attach at distal?
Gerdy’s tubercle on the tibia
What permits the passage of the great saphenous vein and where?
Saphenous opening
Inferior to medial part of the inguinal ligament
What is the name of the deep fascia of the leg and what is it continuous with?
Crural fascia
Continuous with the fascia lata
Which veins contain more valves? superficial or deep?
Deep
What are the 2 major superficial veins?
Great & small saphenous veins
What combines to give rise to the great saphenous veins?
Dorsal vein of great toe & dorsal venous arch
Where does the great saphenous vein empty into?
Femoral vein
What combines to form the small saphenous vein?
Dorsal vein of the small toe & dorsal venous arch
Where does the small saphenous vein empty into?
Popliteal vein
What doe pulsations from arteries & compression from muscles aid in?
Venous return
Why does perforating veins always allow blood from superficial to deep only?
Pierce the deep fascia and valves
What are the boundaries of the femoral triangle?
Superiorly: Inguinal ligament
Medially: Adductor longus muscle
Laterally: Sartorius Muscles
Apex: Where sartorial m & adductor longus muscle cross
Roof: Fascia lata, subcutaneous tissue & skin
Floor: iliopsas & pectinous mm
What are the contents of the femoral triangle?
Femoral N & branches
Femoral Sheath
Femoral A
Femoral V
Lymph Nodes
What is the femoral sheath?
Funnel shaped fascial tube extending 4 cm inferiorly from inguinal ligament
What is the femoral sheath a continuation of?
Transveralis fascia of abdominal wall & fascia covering the iliopsoas muscle
Blends with outer layer of femoral vessels (tunica adventitia)
What does the femoral sheath allow?
Femoral vessels to glide easily beneath the inguinal ligament during movement of the hip (flex/ext)
What are the three compartments of the femoral sheath & what is the contents?
Lateral: femoral artery
Intermediate: Femoral Vein
Medial: is the femoral canal (normally empty)
What is the proximal opening into the femoral canal?
Femoral ring
What are the boundaries of the femoral ring?
Laterally: Fascial partition b/w femoral canal & vein
Posteriorly: Superior ramus of pubis covered by pectinous m
Medially: Lacunar ligament
Anteriorly: Medial aspect of inguinal ligament
What is the inguinal ligament and what it is formed by?
Retinaculum
Formed from aponeurosis of external oblique muscle of the anterior abdominal wall
Fibers of the inguinal ligament that attach to the superior pubic ramus make up what?
Lacunar ligament
Fibers of the inguinal ligament that attach most posterior & laterally projecting represent what?
Pectineal ligament
What muscles make up the anterior compartment of the thigh?
Sartorius
Pectineus
Iliopsoas
Tensor of fascia lata
Quadriceps femoris
All muscle in the anterior compartment of the thigh are innervated by the femoral nerve except?
Psoas major & Tensor fascia lata
What muscles make up the medial compartment of the thigh?
Gracilis
Adductor Longus
Adductor brevis
Adductor Magnus
Branches of the obturator nerve innervate the muscles of medial compartment except?
Part of adductor Magnus
What is the adductor canal?
Narrow fascial tunnel coursing about 15 cm long in the thigh, deep to middle 1/3 of sartorius muscle
What does the adductor canal provide a passage way for?
Provides passage through the musculature for vessels to reach the popliteal fossa
Where the does the proximal end of the adductor canal begin and what is the distal end?
Prox: Where sartorius muscles cross over the adductor longus muscle
Distal: Adductor hiatus
What things pass through the adductor canal?
Femoral artery & veins
Femoral nerves
Saphenous N
Nerve to vastus medialis m
What things pass through the adductor canal and then through the hiatus to the popliteal fossa?
Femoral artery & vein
What is the name of the branch off the femoral artery?
Profunda femoris artery (deep artery of the thigh)
What artery does the deep artery of the thigh give off?
Circumflex femoral arteries
How does the posterior compartment of the thigh get blood?
Deep artery sends several perforating branches
Does the posterior compartment have an artery coursing through it?
No
What is the transitional region from trunk to limb posteriorly?
Gluteal region
What are 3 clinical correlation of Femoral triangle?
Cannulation of femoral A & V
Femoral hernia
What is a hip pointer?
Contusion of iliac crest, usually anterior near ASIS & organ of sartorius muscle caused by collision
What is a charley horse?
Muscle fibers tearing, hematoma in quadriceps causing localized pain
Which muscle is the largest & most powerful adductor in the thigh?
Adductor Magnus
What are the three parts of adductor magnus?
Minimus, adductor & hamstring parts
Where is the adductor portion of adductor Magnus attached and what can it do?
Attached along entire length of linea aspera of femur & inferiorly onto medial supracondylar ridge
Can flex the thigh
What are the difference between the hamstring portion of adductor Magnus & the rest of the muscle?
Attachment: Attached to ischial tuberosity to adductor tubercle
Nerve Supply: Tibial division of sciatic nerve
Main Action: Extend the thigh
True or False: Hamstring portion does not fulfill all the criteria to be a true hamstring
True
What is a pulled groin?
Stretching injury (strain of adductor muscles/and or tearing of their proximal attachments
Within the proximal thigh what nerves travel from the abdominal wall & send branches to innervate the skin?
Subcostal, iliohypogastric & ilioinguinal nerves
What muscle does the genitofemoral nerve pierce & where does it go?
Psoas Major
- Descends on the surface of the muscles to the inguinal region
Where does the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve emerge & where does it travel?
- Emerges Superolateral to femoral nerve from deep to lateral edge of psoas muscle
- Travels laterally to anterolateral thigh by cousin deep to most lateral part of inguinal ligament
What does the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve innervate?
Anterolateral thigh
How does the obturator nerve reach the medial thigh?
Travels through obturator foramen
What muscle does the femoral nerve originate within?
Psoas Major
Where does the femoral nerve travel?
Lateral to pass major on surface of lilacus muscle, then deep to middle of inguinal ligament & into thigh
What does the femoral nerve innervate?
Iliac muscle
Anterior compartment muscle of thigh
What is the farthest reaching branch of the femoral nerve & what does it innervate?
Saphenous nerve
Cutaneous innervation to medial leg & medial aspect of proximal foot
What is the gluteal region bounded by?
Superiorly: Iliac Crest
Medially: Intergluteal cleft
Inferiorly: Gluteal fold
What bones form the aceatublum?
All 3 pelvic bones (ilium, ischium & pubis)
How is the femur oriented and why?
Obliquely to put knees more adjacent & inferior to trunk
What are the prominent feature of the femur?
Head, neck, greater & lesser trochanter & large condyles
What is the angle of inclination?
Obtuse angle b/w basic of femoral neck & femoral shaft
What does the angle of inclination of the femur have to do with mobility?
Arrangement allows for greater mobility of hip joint by placing head & neck of femur more perpendicular to acetabulum
Due to the angle of inclination how can the muscles be oriented?
Rotator muscle oriented laterally
Abductors placed superiorly (freeing lateral surface of femur for attachment of knee extensors)
The articulation of what forms the anterior sacroiliac joint?
Auricular surfaces of sacrum & ilium have irregular surfaces of which interlock
Why is the anterior sacroiliac joint unique?
Synovial joint with very little mobility
What are the thin anterior fibers of the capsule?
Anterior sacroiliac ligaments
What surrounds the posterior sacroiliac joint?
Posterior sacroiliac ligaments
What are the posterior sacroiliac ligaments?
External continuations of deeper interosseous ligaments
What are interosseous ligaments?
Strong fibers that connect the tuberoses of sacrum & ilium
What does the orientation of the interossus ligament do to the ilia?
Pulls it inward when body weigh drives sacrum downward
What do the iliolumbar ligaments do?
Strengthen lumbrosacral joints by spanning from transverse process of L4,5 to ilium
Where does the sacrotuberous ligament run?
Posterior ilium & lateral sacrum & coccyx to ischial tuberosity
Where does the sacrospinous ligament run?
From lateral sacrum & coccyx to ischial spine
What force does the sacrospinous & sacrotuberous ligament resist?
Anterior/Inferior rotation of sacrum from body weight
What is the greater sciatic foramen an opening for?
Structures entering or leaving the pelvis
What is the lesser sciatic foramen an opening for?
Structures entering or leaving the perineum
What is the name of the part on the femur that is not covered with articular cartilage>
Central area called the fovea
What attaches to the fovea?
ligament of femoral head (ligament teres)
Why are the surfaces of the femoral head not congruent when standing upright?
B/c acetabulum faces anteriorly, laterally & inferiorly
- Angle of femoral neck & head
What part of the femoral head is exposed when standing upright?
Anterior portion
Where is the lunate surface of the acetabulum and what does it cover?
Covered with cartilage at the periphery, covers the rim
What is the acetabular notch?
Inferiorly the lunate surface of the acetabulum is deficient this makes the acetabular notch
What is the labrum & what does it do?
Lip of cartilage
Extends off the rim to keep socket & adds about 10% more surface area to acetabulum
What is the transverse acetabular ligament & what does it span?
Inferior continuation of labrum & spans the notch
What is the acetabular fossa?
Deepest, most central part of acetabulum
- Formed mainly by ischium