Thigh Flashcards
What are 5 special arrangements found in the thigh?
Femoral triangle, adductor canal, popliteal fossa, Pes anserinus, anatomical tripod
What runs thru the femoral triangle?
Femoral nerve/artery/vein/lymphatics
What does the adductor canal contain?
Femoral artery/vein, saphenous nerve, larger nerve to vastus. Medialis
Contents of popliteal fossa
Termination of small saphenous vein, Popliteal arteries/veins, tibial/common fibular nerves, posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh, popliteeal lymph nodes/lymphatic vessles
Pes Anserinus tendons
Sartorius, gracilis, semitendinosis
Compartments of the thigh
Anterior (largest), medial, posterior
Anterior compartment muscles
Quadriceps, sartorius, articularis genus
4 Quadricep Muscles
Vastus: Lateralis, medialis, Intermedius
Reectus femoris
What muscle of the thigh is known as the tear drop?
Vastus Medialis
What anterior thigh muscle is completely deep to all of the thigh muscles
Vastus Intermedius
What muscle has the neurovascular bundle deep to it?
Sartorius
What muscle inserts into the knee joint capsule?
Articularis Genus
Medial compartment muscles
Adductors, Pectineus, Gracilis
4 adductor muscles of the thigh
Longus, brevis, magnus (adductor and hamstring)
What muscle is torn in 90% of groin tears?
Adductor Longus