LE + Lumbar Plexus Anatomy Flashcards
dorsal muscles in lower extremities
- extend and abduct the hip
- flex knee and toes
- plantar flex the ankle
ventral muscles in lower extremities
- flex the hip
- extend the knee and toes
- dorsiflex the ankle
three parts of the pelvis
- ilium
- ischium
- pubis
elevators in lower extremity
DORSAL
- hip extensors
- abductors and flexors
- knee and toe extensors
- ankle dorsiflexors
depressors in lower extremitiy
VENTRAL
- hip adductors and extensors
- knee and toe flexors
- ankle plantar flexors
posterior divisions of lumbosacral plexus
-go to ventral surface elevators
anterior divisions of lumbosacral plexus
-go to medial and dorsal surface depressors
what ventral rami contribute to lumbar plexus?
L1-L4
what ventral rami contribute to sacral plexus?
L4/L5-S4
what comes off ventral rami L1?
- iliohypogastric
- ilioinguinal
what rami form the genitofemoral nerve?
L1 and L2; two branches of these rami come together to form the genitofemoral
What forms the femoral nerve?
posterior divisions of L2-L4
what does the femoral nerve innervate?
anterior thigh
what forms the obturator nerve?
anterior divisions of L2-L4
what does the obturator nerve innervate?
the medial thigh
what forms the common fibular (peroneal) nerve?
posterior divisions of L4-S2
what does the peroneal nerve innervate?
back of thigh, swings around to front of leg
what forms the tibial nerve?
the anterior divisions of L4-S4
what does the tibial nerve innervate?
continues down the back of the leg from the back of the thigh
what forms the sicatic nerve?
peroneal and tibial nerves
L4-S4 anterior and posterior divisions
what does the sicatic nerve innervate?
back of the thigh
function of iliopsoas nerve
hip flexion
function of femoral nerve
quads - hip flexion and knee extension