Lower Limb

Question 1

What is the line between the trochanters and what is it the attachment for?

Answer 1

intertrochantric line

attachment of fibrous capsule

Question 2

What is it called when foot moves out/inwards?

Answer 2

eversion/inversion

Question 3

Which compartments does the thigh contain?

Answer 3

anterior, posterior and medial

Question 4

Which compartments does the leg contain?

Answer 4

anterior, posterior and lateral compartments

Question 5

What is the anterior compartment of the thigh supplied by?

Answer 5

femoral nerve L2,3,4

Question 6

What is the posterior compartment of the thigh supplied by?

Answer 6

sciatic L4-S3

Question 7

What is the medial compartment of the thigh supplied by?

Answer 7

obturator L234

Question 8

How many hamstring muscles are there and what do they do?

Answer 8

3
extension at hip
flexion at knee

Question 9

Via what does the sciatic nerve pass out of the pelvis into the gluteal region?

Answer 9

greater sciatic foramen

Question 10

What is the lateral comparment of the leg for?

Answer 10

eversion of the foot

Question 11

What is the anterior comparment of the leg for?

Answer 11

dorsiflexion at ankle
extension of toes
inversion (at subtalar and midtarsal joints)

Question 12

What is the the nerve supply for the lateral comparment of the leg for?

Answer 12

superficial fibular nerve (branch of sciatic)

Question 13

What is the nerve supply for the anterior comparment of the leg for?

Answer 13

deep fibular nerve (branch of sciatic)

Question 14

What is the posterior compartment of the leg for?

Answer 14

plantar flexion at ankle
flexion of toes
inversion

Question 15

What is the nerve supply for the posterior comparment of the leg for?

Answer 15

tibial nerve (branch of sciatic)

Question 16

Nerve of the perineum?

Answer 16

pudendal nerve

Question 17

Where is the sciatic nerve particularly vulnerable to compression eg plaster cast?

Answer 17

where is winds around the head of the fibula