Lower Leg Nerves ☺️ Flashcards
1
Q
Femoral nerve
- motor
- sensory => branch
- injured in?
A
Hip flex
Knee ext
Ant thigh
Saphenous - med leg
Hip, pelvic fracture
2
Q
Obturator nerve
- motor
- sensory
- injured in?
A
Thigh adduct
Med thigh
Ant hip dislocation
3
Q
Lateral cutaneous thigh nerve
- sensory
- injured in?
A
Lat, post thigh
Meralgia paraesthetica - compression of nerve near ASIS
4
Q
Sciatic nerve
- divisions
- motor
- sensory
- injured in
A
Post thigh, gluteal region
Branches in popliteal fossa
- common peroneal => dorsiflexion, eversion, leg ext
- tibial => leg flexors, plantarflexion
Sciatica
5
Q
Common peroneal nerve
- motor
- sensory
- injured in
A
Foot dorsiflexion, eversion
Lateral leg, dorsum
Neck of fibula => foot drop
6
Q
Tibial nerve
- motor
- sensory
A
Foot plantarflexion, inversion
Sole
7
Q
Sup gluteal nerve
- motor
- injured in
A
Hip abduction
+ve Trendelenburg => hip surgery, post hip dislocation
8
Q
Inf gluteal nerve
- motor
- injured in
A
Hip ext, lat rot
Injured with sciatic
-Difficulty rising from seat, stairs
