Middle (Adductor) Compartment Muscles

Question 1

What are the medial thigh (adductor) compartment muscles?

Answer 1

Adductor Magnus
adductor brevis
adductor longus 
Gracilis 
pectineus

Question 2

All adductor muscles except which two muscles are innervated by the obturator nerve?

Answer 2

Pectineus, and hamstring part of adductor Magnus

Question 3

Which of the adductor muscles can also aid in knee flexion?

Answer 3

Gracilis

Question 4

Superior border of femoral triangle?

Answer 4

Inguinal ligament

Question 5

Lateral border of femoral triangle

Answer 5

Sartorius ligament

Question 6

Medial border of femoral triangle

Answer 6

Adductor longus

Question 7

Floor of femoral triangle

Answer 7

pectineus, iliopsoas muscles, and lateral adductor longus

Question 8

Roof of femoral triangle

Answer 8

Tensor fascia latae

Question 9

Contents of femoral triangle (NAVL)

Answer 9

Femoral Nerve
Femoral Artery
Femoral Vein
Lymph Nodes

Question 10

The femoral sheath surrounds the femoral ____ and ____ but not the _____

Answer 10

artery and vein

nerve

Question 11

What artery becomes the femoral artery after passing under the inguinal ligament?

Answer 11

external iliac

Question 12

The femoral artery becomes the ____ as it enters the popliteal fossa

Answer 12

popliteal

Question 13

What passes through the adductor canal?

Answer 13

femoral artery
femoral Vein
saphenous nerve (branch of femoral nerve)

Question 14

What two things pass through the adductor hiatus to reach the popliteal fossa?

Answer 14

The femoral artery and vein

Question 15

What thing found in the adductor canal doesn’t pass through the adductor hiatus?

Answer 15

Saphenous nerve

Question 16

Which type of arteries come off the the deep femoral artery and pass through the muscle to enter the posterior compartment of leg?

Answer 16

perforating