Hip Joint and Ligaments

Question 1

What joint is found between the acetabulum and the head of the femur?

Answer 1

Hip joint (Coxal joint)

Question 2

What type of joint is the hip joint?

Answer 2

multiaxial ball and socket synovial joint

Question 3

What actions are conferred by the hip joint?

Answer 3

ABduction, ADduction, flexion, extension, circumduction, rotation

Question 4

The Hip joint, has a cavity deepened a fibrocartilaginous structure called the?

Answer 4

acetabular labrum

Question 5

The cavity of the Hip Joint also has a ligament associated with it. What is it called?

Answer 5

transverse acetabular ligament

Question 6

The transverse acetabular bridges and converts the acetabular notch into what?

Answer 6

a foramen for the passage of nerves and vessels

Question 7

The hip joint receives blood from which vessels?

Answer 7

branches of the medial and lateral femoral circumflex aa.

sup/inf gluteal aa.

obturator artery

Question 8

What nerves innervate the hip joint?

Answer 8

femoral
obturator
sciatic
sup gluteal
nerve to quadratus femoris
nerve to acetabulum

Question 9

What is the purpose of the acetabular labrum?

Answer 9

stabilizes the hip joint

Question 10

What does the fibrous capsule enclose?

Answer 10

part of the head and most of the neck of the femur

Question 11

What ligaments reinforce the fibrous capsule ant, post, and inferiorly?

Answer 11

iliofemoral anteriorly
ischiofemoral posteriorly
pubofemoral inferiorly

Question 12

Which ligament is the largest and most important ligament that reinforces the fibrous capsule anteriorly?

Answer 12

iliofemoral ligament

Question 13

What shape does the iliofemoral ligament make?

Answer 13

inverted Y shape

Question 14

What does the iliofemoral ligament do?

Answer 14

resists hyperextension and lateral rotation at the hip joint during standing

Question 15

What does the ischiofemoral ligament do?

Answer 15

limits extension and medial rotation of the thigh

Question 16

What does the pubofemoral ligament do?

Answer 16

limits extension and ABduction

Question 17

What is another name for the Round Ligament of the Head of the Femur?

Answer 17

Ligamentum teres capitis femoris

Question 18

Where does the ligamentum teres capitis femoris attach?

Answer 18

to the fovea capitis femoris

Question 19

Which artery does ligamentum teres capitis femoris provide a pathway for?

Answer 19

the foveolar artery which supplies it and is a posterior branch of the obturator artery

Question 20

What ligament converts the acetabular notch into a foramen?

Answer 20

transverse acetabular ligament