Lower Limb Flashcards
IT band
Thickening of the fascia lata receiving contributions from gluteus Maximus and tensor fascia lata
Fascial layers
Superficial fascia Deep fascia Aka: Fascia lata in thigh Crural fascia in leg
Tensor fascia lata
Abductor of the hip
Superficial inguinal nodes
Lymph from superficial tissues, perineum, gluteal region, abd wall
Deep inguinal nodes
Muscles, joints, tendons (deep)
Drains into external iliac nodes
Illiopsoas muscle
Formed by psoas major and iliacus
Flexion and lateral rotation
Quadriceps femoris
Rectus femoris
Vastus medialis
Vastus lateralis
Vastus intermedius
Innervated by femoral nerve
Femoral nerve
L2,3,4
Innervates quadriceps, sartorius, pectineus
Osgood schlatter
Inflammation of tibial tuberosity
Hip flexors
Pectineus
Tensor fascia lata
Sartorius
Illiopsoas
Innervated by femoral nerve
Knee extensors
Quadriceps
Innervated by femoral nerve
Medial thigh muscles
Adductor longus Adductor brevis Adductor magnus Gracilis Obturator internus Pectineus
Adduct thigh and hip
Adductor Magnus
- adductor minimus
- adductor portion
- hamstring portion
Innervated by obturator
Contains adductor hiatus
Pectineus
Flex and adduct the hip.
Innervated by both femoral and obturator
Gracilis
Long, thin adductor muscle
Sartorius
Abducts and internally rotates
Obturator canal
Obturator nerve and vessels
Head to medial thigh
Inguinal ligament muscular lacuna
Illiopsoas
Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
Femoral nerve
Inguinal ligament vascular lacuna
Femoral artery
Femoral vein
Lymphatics
Femoral branch of Genitofemoral nerve
Adductor canal
Middle 1/3 of thigh beneath sartorius muscle that contains the femoral artery, vein, saphenous nerve, nerve to vastus medialis
Lunate surface
Articular surface of femur