MMB [054] Clinical Anatomy of lower Limb Flashcards
Coxa Norma ?
• An increased femoral angle is called….
• a decreased femoral angle is called….
-coxa valga
-coxa vara.
Complications of abnormal femoral angles ?
Abnormal angles increase stress on the hip joint and affect gait due to length discrepancy between the 2 lower limbs
Define increases femoral anteversion
Complications of femoral anteversion ?
Commonest causes of Swelling in femoral triangle ?
The Iliopsoas tendon passes (posterior/anterior) to the inguinal ligament and (posterior/anterior) to the hip joint, inserting on the lesser trochanter.
Posterior , anterior
Cause of Psoas Abscess ?
How does the great and saphenous veins arise ?
And how do they end ?
Superficial veins of the lower limb ?
great and saphenous veins
A vein that accompanies the sural nerve ?
The Small (short) saphenous vein
A nerve that accompanies the Small (short) saphenous vein ?
The sural nerve