Lower Extremity Nerves

Question 1

What nerve can get damaged in abdominal surgery

Answer 1

Illiohypogasric nerve

Question 2

What muscle does illiohypogastric innervate

Answer 2

Transverse abdominus

Question 3

What nerve can be damaged in pelvic surgery

Answer 3

Obturator nerve

Question 4

Where is sensory innervation of obturator nerve

Answer 4

Medial thigh

Question 5

Origin of femoral nerve

Answer 5

L2-L4

Question 6

What nerve is damaged in pelvic fracture

Answer 6

Femoral nerve

Question 7

What is sensory information from femoral nerve

Answer 7

Anterior thigh and medial leg

Question 8

What nerve comes off the femoral nerve

Answer 8

Saphenous nerve

Question 9

What does saphenous nerve give sensory information into

Answer 9

Medial leg

Question 10

What nerve flexes the thigh

Answer 10

Femoral nerve

Question 11

Origin of sciatic nerve

Answer 11

L4-S3

Question 12

What nerve gets injured in disc hernia Timon

Answer 12

Sciatic nerve

Question 13

What muscle does sciatic nerve come under

Answer 13

Piriformis

Question 14

What 2 nerves does the sciatic nerve branch into

Answer 14

• tibial nerve

- common peroneal

Question 15

What nerve does the tibial nerve and common peroneal join to form

Answer 15

Sural nerve

Question 16

Where does common peroneal nerve come form

Answer 16

Sciatic nerve

Question 17

What injury can damage common peroneal nerve

Answer 17

Damaged of lateral aspect of leg (lateral blow to fibula)

- fracture of fibular nerve

Question 18

What 2 branches does common peroneal nerve give off

Answer 18

• deep peroneal

- superficial peroneal

Question 19

What gives off tibial nerve

Answer 19

Sciatic nerve

Question 20

What injury can cause damage to tibial nerve

Answer 20

• bakers cyst

- tarsal tunnel syndrome