Post and Lat leg

Question 1

what is the path of the ant lateral femoral cutaneous nerve

Answer 1

branches run over top of biceps femoris on lower lat thigh

Question 2

what does saphenous nerve supply and path

Answer 2

ant+ medial knee region

post medial leg and reaches the medial maleolus, terminating at medial border of the foot

Question 3

Path of the lat sural cut. nerve and what is it a branch of

Answer 3

perforate fascia right away at fibular head and supply post and lat part of leg

Branch of common fibular

Question 4

path of med sural cut nerve

Answer 4

perforates slightly lower than lat will eventually join lat sural to form sural nerve

Question 5

Sural nerve path and innervation

Answer 5

Innervates the post and lateral skin of lower leg

Suplies only the posterior part of lat malleolus and post lateral heal up to pink toe

Question 6

Post leg has these two superficial veins

Answer 6

short and great saphenous vein

Question 7

path of short saphenous vein and what does it travel w

Answer 7

From post/lat maleolus ascends to about the midpoint of leg where it perforates crural fascia and disapears into the popliteal fossa and drains into popliteal vein (travels w medial sural)

Question 8

where does the median marginal vein run and what does it then change its name to

Answer 8

runs ant to the medial maleolus, changes name to long saphenous vein and ascends up the saphenous opening and drains into femoral

Question 9

what are the 4 compartments of the leg

Answer 9

anterior
Lateral
post deep
post superficial

Question 10

what is compartemt syndrome and how quick does it occur and what layer is it most common in

Answer 10

condition in which increased pressue in fascial compartemnt adversely affects the circulation

Ishemic injury occurs in 4 hours

usually ant or post deep layer affected

Question 11

what is the achilles tendon reflex and what does it test

Answer 11

calcaneal tendon is struck w a reflex hammer

S1/2 nerve roots tested

Question 12

what is calcaneal tendinitis and why does it occur

Answer 12

results from microscopic tears of collagen fibres

w/ sudden increase in intensity of training

Question 13

what is tennis leg and what causes it

Answer 13

caused by overstretching the muscle (medial head of gastrocs)
hard dorsiflexion

Question 14

popliteal artery path and its branches

Answer 14

be deepest structure in fossa, passes med

will go to deep post compartent and split into ant and post tibial artery

Question 15

what are the branches of the post tibial artery

Answer 15

fibular artery

lateral and medial planter after at foot

Question 16

floor of the post tarsal tunnel

Answer 16

groove of medial malleolus, inf tibial epiphysis, medial surface of talus, navicular, calcaneus

Question 17

roof of post tarsal tunnel

Answer 17

flexor retinaculum

Question 18

Contents of post tarsal tunnel (ant to post)

Answer 18

(Tom Dick And Not Harry)
Tibialis post
Flexor digitorum longus
Artery post tibial + veins
Neve tibial
Flexor Halucis longus

Question 19

How to palpate tibial artery pulse and if there is a perforation of this artery what is it called

Answer 19

palpated bw medial maleolus and med border of calcaneal tendon

In occlusive peripheral arterial disease post tibial pulse is absent

Question 20

how can you palpate the common fibular nerve

Answer 20

just post to the fibular head superficually

Question 21

what bursae can get inflamed and cause calcaneal tendon rupture if not warmed up prop

Answer 21

deep calcaneal burrsae