Lower Limb Neurovasculature Quiz Flashcards
Which nerve innervates the knee joint?
The common fibular nerve
How many dorsal digital arteries does the 5th dorsal metatarsal give rise to?
1
Which nerve wraps around the neck of the fibula?
The common fibular nerve
The femoral nerve arises from:
L2, L3 and L4
Which of the following innervates most of the skin on the dorsal surface of the foot?
Superficial fibular nerve
Which of the following arises from the sacral plexus?
Superior gluteal nerve
What arises from the sacral plexus?
Posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
Inferior gluteal nerve
Sciatic nerve
Which nerve travels in the lateral compartment of the leg?
The superficial fibular nerve
Which nerve innervates the short head of biceps femoris?
The fibular part of the sciatic nerve
What three things can cause deep vein thrombosis
Venous stasis from inactivity
Tight clothing
Loose fascia
Which nerve runs between flexor digitorum brevis and quadratus plantae?
Lateral plantar nerve
Where does the sciatic nerve usually divides into tibial and common fibular nerves
Proximal to the popliteal fossa
Which nerve roots combine to form the sacral plaxus?
L4 - S4
The obturator nerve exits the pelvis through the
obturator canal
Which nerve innervates the long head of biceps femoris?
The tibial part of the sciatic nerve
The skin over the patella receives cutaneous innervation from:
L3 dermatome
The femoral artery starts at the ________ and ends at the _______
Inguinal ligament and ends at the adductor hiatus
The perforating branches of the deep femoral artery pass through what?
Adductor magnus
What arrises arises from the lumbar plexus?
Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
Obturator nerve
Femoral nerve
Which nerve innervates fibularis tertius?
The deep fibular nerve
Which nerve emerges proximal to the talocrural joint between tibialis anterior and extensor hallucis longus?
Deep fibular nerve
Which nerve travels with the posterior tibial artery and veins?
The tibial nerve
Which nerve travels distally along the foot between abductor hallucis and flexor digitorum brevis?
The medial plantar nerve
Which of the following supplies blood to the trochanteric region?
Medial circumflex artery
What does the popliteal artery give off
genicular arteries which anastomose around the knee
Which artery do the medial and lateral plantar arteries arise from?
The posterior tibial artery
what artery passes through the interosseous membrane?
Anterior tibial artery
The sciatic nerve most commonly enters the gluteal region below what muscle
piriformis
Which nerve innervates adductor longus?
Anterior branch of the obturator nerve
The lumbar and sacral plexuses are:
Joined by the lumbosacral trunk
Which of the following nerve roots contributes to the sciatic nerve?
L5
Which artery travels with the deep fibular nerve?
Anterior tibial artery
How many dorsal digital arteries does the 5th dorsal metatarsal artery give rise to?
1
Is the plantar venous arch deep or superficial
deep
How many dorsal digital arteries does the 2nd dorsal metatarsal artery give rise to?
2
The obturator nerve arises from:
L2, L3 and L4
Which of the following supplies blood to sartorius?
Femoral artery
How many dorsal digital arteries does the 1st dorsal metatarsal artery give rise to?
3
Which vein begins at the medial malleolus?
Great saphenous
Lymph vessels accompanying the small saphenous vein drains into the:
Popliteal lymph nodes
Which of the following usually innervates pectineus?
femoral and obturator nerve
The femoral nerve innervates which three things?
The knee joint
Pectineus
Sartorius
The perforating veins of the thigh drain into the:
Deep femoral vein
The lumbar plexus is formed from which nerve roots?
L1, L2, L3, L4
Which compartment of the leg does the fibular artery travel in?
Posterior
Which is the most commonly injured nerve of the lower limb?
Common fibular
What are joined by perforating arteries in the foot
The arcuate artery and deep plantar arch
Which nerve travels along the surface of tibialis posterior?
Tibial
Which nerve travels along the interosseous membrane?
Deep fibular nerve
Which nerve innervates abductor hallucis?
The medial plantar nerve
Which nerve innervates flexor digitorum longus?
Tibial
Which nerve innervates quadratus plantae?
The lateral plantar nerve
Which nerve innervates the 2nd lumbrical of the foot?
Lateral plantar nerve
