Lower Limb Flashcards
Tenderness of the head of the femur is a signal of
Arthritis
Coxa vara
Decrease in the increase of the head of the femur and the shaft of the femur
Coxa valga
Increase in angle between the neck of the femur and the shaft. Occurs in dislocation
The upper part of the neck of the femur is supplied by
Medial femoral circumflex artery
Fracture of the neck equals
Loss of blood
The neck of the femur is at with angle in children and then adults
160 and 125
Subcapital fractures occur in
Elderly or post menopausal women due to decrease estrogen
Trochanteric fractures of the femur are seen in
Children and the middle age.
Sacrotuberious liagment
From back of sacrum to Ishial tuberosity
Sacrospinous ligament
Connects to back of sacrum to spine of the ischium
Contents in the greater sciatic foramen
Piriformis muscle
Sciatic nerve
Posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh
Internal pudendal artery and vein
Superior and inferior gluteal nerve, artery and vein
Nerves of obrutor interns and quadratus femoris.
Lesser sciatic nerve contents
Tendon of obturator muscle
Nerve to obrutor intern us
Internal prudent artery and vein
Which should the intramuscular injection be given in the gluteus Maximus?
Upper outer quadrant of the butt
What is the largest nerve in the body
Sciatic nerve
Sciatic nerve splits into
Tibial and common perineal nerves at the popliteal fossa
Contents of the femoral triangle
Femoral artery Femoral nerve Femoral vein Fat Deep inguinal lymph nodes Femoral branch of genital femoral branch Femoral sheath
Lateral side of femoral triangle
Medial border of satorius
Medial side of femoral triangle
Medial border of adductor longus
Apex of femoral triangle
Meeting point of sartorius and adductor longus
Roof of femoral triangle
Skim, superficial and deep fascia
Floor of femoral triangle
Pectineus, adductor longus, psoas major and iliacus
Anterior wall of femoral sheath
Fascia transveralis
Posterior wall of femoral sheath
Fascia lliaca
Lateral compartment of femoral sheath
Femoral artery and femoral branch of genito femoral nerve
Intermediate compartment of the femoral sheath
Femoral vein
Medial compartment of sheath
Femoral canal , lymphatic compartment
When is a femoral hernia formed
When the intestine descend in the medial aspects of the the femoral sheath
Where is the hunters canal?
Middle one third of the thigh
Anterolateral of the hunters canal
Vastus medialis
Posterior floor of the hunters canal
Adductor longus and adductor Magnus