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1
Q

What can be injured with an intracondylar femur fracture?

A

circumflex artery

can lead to AVN of femoral head

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2
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Which nerve can be injured with a distal tibial or fibular fracture?

A

common peroneal/fibular

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3
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What is the action of the anterior compartment of the thigh?

A

flex hip

extends knee

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4
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What are the muscles of the anterior thigh?

A

iliopsoas
sartorius
quadriceps femoris

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5
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what is the action of the medial compartment of the thigh?

A

hip adduction

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6
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What is the nerve supply to the anterior thigh?

A

femoral

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7
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What are the nerve roots of the femoral nerve?

A

L2,3,4

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8
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What is the nerve supply to the medial thigh?

A

obturator

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9
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What are the roots of the obturator nerve?

A

L2,3,4

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10
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What is the action of the posterior thigh?

A

flex knee

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11
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What is the nerve supply to the posterior thigh?

A

sciatic

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12
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What are the nerve roots of the sciatic nerve?

A

L4,5

S1,2,3

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13
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What muscles are in the medial thigh?

A

gracilis

adductor brevis, longus, magnus

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14
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Which part of the medial thigh isn’t supplied by the obturator nerve?

A

hamstring part of adductor magnus

supplied by tibial nerve

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15
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Which muscles are in the posterior thigh?

A

hamstrings

  • semimembranosus
  • semitendonosus
  • long and short heads of biceps femoris
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16
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What is the action of the anterior leg?

A

dorsiflex the ankle

17
Q

What is the nerve supply to the anterior leg?

A

deep fibular nerve

18
Q

What is the nerve supply to the lateral leg?

A

superficial fibular nerve

19
Q

What is the action of the lateral leg?

A

everts foot

20
Q

What is the action of the posterior leg?

A

plantar flexion

tiptoes

21
Q

What nerve supplies the posterior leg?

A

tibial nerve

22
Q

Which nerve supplies the 1st web space?

A

deep fibular

23
Q

Which nerve supplies the lateral foot?

A

sural nerve

24
Q

Which nerve supplies the bottom of the foot?

A

tibial nerve

25
Q

What is the action of gluteus maximus?

A

extends hip

26
Q

What is the nerve supply of gluteus maximus? Nerve roots?

A

inferior gluteal nerve

L5, S1, S2

27
Q

What is the nerve supply of gluteus minimus and medius? Nerve roots?

A

superior gluteal nerve

L4, L5, S1

28
Q

What do the gluteus minimus and medius muscles do?

29
Q

What nerve roots are behind the knee reflex?

30
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What nerve roots are behind the ankle reflex?

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