Unit 2 Flashcards
What is fascia lata?
Deep fascia that invests the thigh
The Gluteal Region muscles are divided into two layers. What are they?
Superficial and deep
What is the Iliotibial tract?
The thickened lateral portion of fascia lata
Damage to the superior gluteal nerve affects____?
Stabilization
If the right superior gluteal nerve is damages, and the patient stands on the right leg and lifts the left leg, the pelvis will drop TOWARDS which side?
The left side
The Psoas major and Iliacus when combined is called what?
Iliopsoas
The thigh muscles are divided into anterior, medial, & ________ groups.
Posterior
The medial thigh muscles make up the _______ group
Adductor
The posterior thigh muscles make up the _________ muscles
Hamstring
T1-T12 are called__________.
Intercostal nerves
What makes up the cervical plexus?
C1-C4
What makes up the Brachial plexus?
C5-T1
What makes up the Lumbar plexus?
T12-L4
What makes up the sacral plexus?
L4-S4
All except ________ merge to form plexuses
T1-T12
The intermingling of nerve cell processes (axons) from ventral rami of different spinal cord levels is what?
Nerve plexuses
What are the plexuses associated with the lower limb?
Lumbar plexus and sacral plexus
What nerve is formed from the ventral rami of spinal cord levels L2-L4?
Femoral nerve
Femoral nerve is located superficial to the __________?
Iliacus muscle
The femoral nerve runs deep to the __________ to enter the anterior thigh.
Inguinal ligament
The obturator nerve also is formed from the ventral rami from spinal cord levels ________?
L2-L4
The obturator nerve runs medial to the ________.
Psoas major
The obturator nerve enters the medial thigh through the _________
Obturator foramen
What nerve is formed from ventral rami from spinal cord levels L4-S1?
Superior gluteal nerve
The superior gluteal nerve exits the pelvis through the ____________.
Great sciatic foramen
The superior gluteal nerve is in the __________, located superior to the __________.
Posterior gluteal region, piriformis muscle
What nerve is formed from ventral rami from the spinal cord levels L5-S2?
Inferior gluteal nerve
True or False: the inferior gluteal nerve exits the pelvis through the great sciatic foramen, just like the superior gluteal nerve.
True
The sciatic nerve is in the ___________, located inferior to the piriformis muscle
Posterior gluteal region
The sciatic nerve bifurcates into the __________ and _________ nerve.
Tibial, common fibular nerve
What nerve is formed from the ventral rami from spinal cord levels L4-S3?
Tibial nerve
True or False: the tibial nerve is medial division of the sciatic nerve
True
The tibial nerve bifurcates into the _________ and ________ nerve
Medial, lateral plantar
What are the divisions off the the tibial nerve that occurs deep to the abductor hallucis muscle?
Medial and lateral plantar nerves
True or False: The medial & lateral plantar nerves DOES NOT innervate all intrinsic muscles of the plantar surface of the foot
False
The medial plantar nerve innervates the ____________ & _____________.
Abductor hallucis muscle, flexor digitorum brevis