Lecture: Anterior Hip and Anterior and Medial Thigh Flashcards

1
Q

What is the most powerful hip flexor?

A

iliopsoas muscle, formed by the iliacus and psoas major

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2
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What forms the pes anserine?

A

combination of tendons of gracilis, sartorious and semitendinosus on medial portion of knee

Superior - inferior: sartorius, gracilus, semitendinosus

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3
Q

What is the largest branch of the lumbar plexus? What action is it responsible for

A

femoral nerve

thigh flexors and leg extensors

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4
Q

Differentiate between femoral and posterior femoral nerve

A

femoral: L2-L4 (lumbar plexus)

posterior femoral: S1-S3 (sacral plexus)

posterior femoral is largely a sensory nerve

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5
Q

State the continuation of the external iliac artery

A

femoral artery @ inguinal ligament

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6
Q

What does the femoral artery continue as ? and where?

A

popliteal artery @adductor hiatus

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7
Q

What is the femoral triangle. What are its borders?

A

subfascial space in the proximal anterior thigh containing nerves, vasculature, and lymph vessels. from lateral to medial: femoral nerve, artery, and vein

laterally: medial border of sartorious

medially: lateral border of adductor longus

superiorly: inguinal ligament

pectineus creates the floor of the triangle

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8
Q

Differentiate between the midpoint of the inguinal ligament and mid-inguinal point

A

midpoint of the inguinal ligament: halfway between the anterior superior iliac spine and pubic tubercle - landmark for femoral nerve

mid-inguinal point: halfway between ASIS and pubic symphysis - landmark for femoral artery

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9
Q

What is the femoral artery is an important entry point for what?

A

coronary angiography

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10
Q

What is the femoral nerve is an important entry point for what?

A

analgesia for procedures in the anterior thigh and trauma to hip and knee

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11
Q

Describe the adductor canal
* what is in it?
* borders

A
  • Extends from the apex of the femoral triangle to the adductor hiatus in the
    tendon of adductor magnus
  • femoral artery (medial) and vein (lateral) and saphenous nerve (anterior)

Borders:
* anterior: sartorious
* lateral: vastus medialis
* posterior: adductor longus and adductor magnus

  • apex of canal: adductor hiatus; gap between adductor and hamstring attachments of adductor magnus
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