Quiz 2 - Lec 9-10 Flashcards
what is the longest bone in the human body?
femur
parts of the femur?
diaphysis (shaft)
4 epiphyses (secondary ossificaiton centers that will fuse by the mid-20s
relevant lines/angles in the femur bone?
- line of gravity
- long axis of diaphysis
- angle of oliquity/bicondylar angle (10-15 degrees), which is the normal anatomical orientation of femur during quiet standing/upright
angle of inclination
angle between long axis of head and neck of femur
average is 126º –> less in females due to greater distance between acetabulae (due to wider true pelvis)
how does angle of inclination change as you age?
angle of inclination decreases to 120º (from 126º)
CC: coxa vara
angle of inclination is LESS THAN 120º –> producing stress on femoral neck
CC: coxa valga
angle of inclination: > 135º (normal is 120-135)
Greater than 135º results in INCREASED joint pressure at 180; no skeletal checks restricting ROM –> predisposes to dislocation
Q-angle
q-angle = quadriceps angle
8º angle between ASIS and line of gravity (to midpoint of patella)
CC: genu varum & Q-angle
(bow-legged); tib/fib is towards midline
SMALL OR NEGATIVE Q-ANGLE
CC: genu valgun & Q-angle
knock-kneed; tib/fib away from midline
Q-angle is greater than 17 degrees –> causes undue stress
how to “side” the femur?
- Hold the femur in front of you with the smooth side of the shaft against your fingers and the side with the vertical ridge against your thumb.
- If the head of the femur faces medially and the rough greater trochanter faces laterally and to your right, it is from the right side.
femoral head: characteristics
- Conforms to a spheroidal geometric shape (2/3 of a sphere)
- Nearly all articular, except for the fovea capitis femoris
- Sharply defined border, except anterosuperiorly
- Covered with hyaline cartilage, except in the fovea
- Subject to osteoarthritic disease
femoral neck: shape and orientation
- hourglass in shape
- set obliquely to the shaft (15º anterior to a frontal plane)
- (head and neck are angled away from the surface when placed on flat table –> angle of torsion)
angle of torsion
also called angle of declination
- formed by looking at the relationship between the axis of the femoral head and neck and the femoral condyles
CC: how to treat torsional femur deformities?
subtrochanteric derotational osteotomy
CC: what is a presentation of torosional femur deformities?
Commonly presents as “in-toeing”, because with ABNORMAL FEMORAL NECK ANTEVERSION, the patient will in-toe to place the femur in a better spot in the acetabulum
which torosional femur deformity is associated with IN-TOEING?
(anteversion/retroversion)
femoral neck ANTEVERSION
where does anterior side of femoral neck join the femoral shaft?
intertrochanteric line, which extends from greater to lesser trochanter
iliotrochanteric band: what attaches here?
part of the iliogemoral ligament of hip joint capsule
where does posterior side of femoral neck join the femoral shaft?
intertrochanteric CREST
(more pronounced than the line and found posteriorly)
where does femoral neck end SUPERIORLY?
greater trochanter
where does femoral neck end INFERIORLY?
LESSER trochanter
intertrochanteric line turns posteriorly and becomes….
the spiral line
greater trochanter: functional sides/surfaces
medial surface: concave w/ trochanteric fossa posteriorly
lateral surface: convex w/ ridge line
lesser trochanter: shape, location
- pyramidal in shape
- sits at inferior end of intertrochanteric crest and superior to pectinal line
- (bump at end of trochanter)
femoral shaft: shape
- expanded at ends (elongated hourglass shape)
- anterior bowing
- round in x-section
linea aspera: what does it mean and how is it formed?
linea aspera = rough line
medial lip is formed by: pectineal line and spiral line, and medial supracondylar ridge
lateral lip is formed by: gluteal tuberosity, lateral supracondylar ridge
femoral condyles: number and orientation
2 condyles - medial and lateral
- project posteroinferiorly
- highly curved posteriorly
- medial condyle projects more inferiorly when held in vertical position (not anatomical)
the long axis of which femoral condyle is more ANTERIOPOSTERIOR?
long axis of the LATERAL condyle
the long axis of which femoral condyle is more POSTEROMEDIAL?
long axis of the MEDIAL condyle is more posteromedial
where do the femoral condyles meet?
anteriorly
at the patellar articular surface
how many femoral EPIcondyles?
2-
medial epicondyle and lateral epicondyle
difference between CONDYLE and EPICONDYLE
a condyle is smooth and round whereas epicondyle is rough.
Epicondyle is a projection on the condyle.
The main difference between condyle and epicondyle is that condyle forms an articulation with another bone, whereas epicondyle provides sites for the attachment of muscles
adductor tubercle:
location &relationships
- small tubercle at the summit of the medial condyle, where the medial ridge of the popliteal surface ends
- found on medial side of femur
- affords insertion to the tendon of the Adductor magnus
popliteal groove:
location and relationship
- a small depression found on lateral surface of femur, b/w the lateral condyle and lateral epicondyle
- from this, a smooth well-marked groove curves obliquely upward and backward to the posterior extremity of the condyle. This popliteal groove is separated from the articular surface of the condyle by a prominent lip across which a second, shallower groove runs vertically downward from the depression.
- The Popliteus arises from the depression;