Muscles of the anterior thigh

Question 1

Where can the quadriceps muscles be found?

Answer 1

In the anterior compartment of the thigh

Question 2

Which neurovascular structure is highlighted?

Answer 2

femoral artery

Question 3

What are the actions of the rectus femoris?

Answer 3

1. Hip flexion
2. knee extension

Question 4

Where does the sartorius muscle attach?

Answer 4

1. Anterior superior iliac spine
2. The tibia

Question 5

What muscle is this?

Answer 5

Vastus intermedius

Question 6

What vein drains into the femoral vein?

Answer 6

The great saphenous vein

Question 7

What nerve innervates the tensor fascia lata?

Answer 7

The femoral nerve

Question 8

What muscle is this?

Answer 8

Vastus lateralis

Question 9

What are the actions of the sartorius muscle?

Answer 9

• Hip flexion
• knee flexion
• lateral rotation

Question 10

What muscle is this

Answer 10

The psoas minor muscle

Question 11

Which neurovascular structure is highlighted?

Answer 11

Femoral vein

Question 12

What nerve supplies the vasti muscles?

Answer 12

The femoral nerve

Question 13

What muscle is this?

Answer 13

The iliacus

Question 14

What is the significance of the profunda femoris branch of the femoral artery

Answer 14

It provides the blood supply to all of the structures in the thigh

Question 15

What muscles make up the quadriceps?

Answer 15

1. the rectus femoris
2. vastus lateralis
3. vastus medialis
4. vastus intermedius

Question 16

The anterior compartment of the thigh includes all the muscles lateral to the…

Answer 16

sartorius

Question 17

What are the main hip flexors?

Answer 17

• psoas
• iliacus

Question 18

What muscle is this?

Answer 18

The psoas major

Question 19

What are the main actions of the vasti muscles?

Answer 19

Knee extension

Question 20

What is the lateral border, medial border, and superior border of the femoral triangle?

Answer 20

1. Lat = Sartorius
2. Med = Adductor longus
3. Sup = Inguinal ligament

Question 21

How does the sartorius muscle pass the knee joint to attach to the tibia?

Answer 21

• distally and medially
• pases posteriorly

Question 22

What is the quadriceps tendon attached to?

Answer 22

The tibial tuberosity

Question 23

What is the function of the tensor fascia lata?

Answer 23

To tense the fascia lata

which provides lateral support to the knees

as the knee extends

Question 24

What muscle is this?

Answer 24

Vastus medialis

Question 25

True or false?

The rectus femoris attaches to the tibial tuberosity

Answer 25

False

The rectus femoris blends with the other quadriceps muscle to form the quadriceps tendon which attaches to the tibial tuberosity

Question 26

What is this muscle called?

Answer 26

The sartorius

Question 27

What 3 structures are contained within the femoral triangle

Answer 27

1. femoral vein
2. femoral artery
3. femoral nerve

Question 28

Where do the vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius and vastus medialis muscles attach?

Answer 28

The femur

Question 29

What are these structures known as?

Answer 29

Femoral triangles

Question 30

Where does the iliacus muscle attach?

Answer 30

• The iliac fossa of the illium
• anteriorly to the lesser trochanter

Question 31

Where does the rectus femoris muscle attach?

Answer 31

• The anterior inferior illiac spine (just below sartorius)
• tibial tuberosity

Question 32

What muscle is this?

Answer 32

The tensor fascia lata

Question 33

What is this muscle called?

Answer 33

The rectus femoris

Question 34

Which neurovascular structure is highlighted?

Answer 34

profunda femoris artery (deep femoral artery)

Question 35

Which neurovascular structure is highlighted?

Answer 35

The great saphenous vein

Question 36

Where does the psoas muscle attach?

Answer 36

• posteriorly to the lumbar vertebrae
• anteriorly to the lesser trochanter

Question 37

Which neurovascular structure is highlighted?

Answer 37

Femoral nerve