Neurovasculature Flashcards
-innervations -blood supply (TBC)
What is the innervation of the posterior thigh?
What is the exception to this?
Tibial nerve
Short head of biceps femoris (common fibular/peroneal nerve)
What is the innervation of the anterior thigh?
Femoral nerve
What is the innervation of the medial thigh?
Obturator nerve
What is the innervation of the posterior leg?
Tibial nerve
What is the innervation of the anterior leg?
Deep peroneal nerve
What is the innervation of the lateral leg?
Superficial peroneal nerve
What is the innervation of the superficial gluteal region?
Inferior gluteal nerve (gluteus maximus)
Superior gluteal nerve (gluteus medius and minimus)
What is the innervation of the deep gluteal region?
Nerve to piriformis (piriformis muscle)
Nerve to obturator internus (obturator internus + superior gemellus)
Nerve to quadratus femoris (quadratus femoris + inferior gemellus)
Obturator nerve (obturator externus)
What is the blood supply to the gluteal region?
Superior and inferior gluteal a.
What is the blood supply to the hamstrings?
Profunda femoris a.
What is the blood supply to the anterior thigh?
Femoral a.
- femoral circumflex a.
- profunda femoris a.
What is the blood supply to the medial thigh?
Obturator a.
What is the blood supply to the posterior leg?
Posterior tibial a.
What is the blood supply to the anterior leg?
Anterior tibial a.
What is the blood supply to the lateral leg?
Fibular a.
