Lower Limb Flashcards
What is the blood supply to the anterior compartment of the leg?
Anterior tibial artery
What are the muscles of the anterior compartment of the leg?
- Tibialis anterior
- EHL
- EDL
- Peroneus tertius
What is the nerve supply to the anterior compartment of the leg?
Deep peroneal nerve
What arteries supply the trochanteric anastomoses ?
Superior and inferior gluteal arteries
Medial and lateral circumflex femoral
Where is the growth plate for the head of femur?
Intra capsular
Where is the growth plate for the trochanter?
Extra capsular
Obturator nerve?
L2, L3, L4
Branches unite in substance of psoas major
Crosses SIJ to enter lesser pelvis - lies lateral to internal iliac vessels and ureter
1. Medial compartment of thigh - obturator externus, adductor longus, adductor brevis, adductor Magnus, gracilis
2. Cutaneous branch - often absent - skin and facia of distal 2/3rds of medial aspect
What does the anterior branch of the obturator nerve innervate?
- Adductor brevis
- Adductor longus
- Gracilis
What does the posterior branch of the obturator nerve innervate?
- Obturator externus
2. Part of adductor Magnus
Boundaries of adductor canal
- Vastus medialis - laterally
- Adductor longus and Magnus- posteromedially
- Sartorius - anterior
Profounda femoris
- Largest branch of femoral artery
Popliteal artery
- Deepest structure in popliteal fossa
End: lower border of popliteus - divides in to anterior tibial and posterior tibial artery
Anterior tibial artery
- Enters the anterior compartment of leg via an opening in the interosseous membrane
- Descends with the deep peroneal nerve
- Enters foot under the extensor retinaculum to become Dorsalis pedis (EHL medial and EDL lateral)
Posterior tibial artery
- Passes deep to soleus and gastrocnemius
- Tibial nerve is initially medial but crosses posteriorly to lie on the lateral side
- Passes through tarsal tunnel
- Passes behind medial malleolus - divides in to medial planter and lateral planter
- Supplies posterior compartment
Contents of tarsal tunnel
- Posterior tibial artery
- Tibialis posterior
- FDL
- FHL
- Tibial nerve