Module 7 Vocab

Question 1

small vessels that can be seen over the artery surface.

Answer 1

Vasa vasorum

Question 2

a line drawn or visualized on the surface of the

skin to represent the approximate location of a deeper-lying structure

Answer 2

Linear guide

Question 3

method of locating a structure by reference

to an adjacent known or prominent structure

Answer 3

Anatomical guide

Question 4

the point of origin and the point of termination

of a structure in relation to adjacent structures

Answer 4

Anatomical limit

Question 5

•The inguinal ligament serves as a base
•Adductor longus is the medial border
•Sartorius is the lateral border
•In addition to the femoral vein, it also includes the great
saphenous vein
•The great saphenous vein is very superficial to the femoralartery/vein
•The femoral artery will be anterior and superficial to the vein toward the base of the triangle

Answer 5

Femoral triangle

Question 6

•Triangular channel through the adductor longus
and the vastus medialis
•Posterior border is the adductor magnus
•Anterior border is the sartorious muscle

Answer 6

Adductor (Hunter’s) Canal