Femur

Question 1

What does the femur sit in between?

Answer 1

Pelvis and lower leg

Question 2

What sort of estimation is the femur good for?

Answer 2

Stature

Question 3

What does the femur support all of?

Answer 3

All of the bodys weight

Question 4

Where and what does the femur articulate?

Answer 4

Pelvis at the head
Tibia at the condyle
Patella at the patellar surface

Question 5

What is fovea capitis?

Answer 5

small, oval-shaped divot on the head of the femur

Question 6

What neck is more ‘bumpy’?

Answer 6

Anatomical neck

Question 7

What side is the greater trochanter on, anterior or posterior?

Answer 7

Posterior

Question 8

Where is the trochanteric fossa?

Answer 8

Opens medially

Question 9

Where is the lesser trochanter located?

Answer 9

On the posterior surface and is more medial

Question 10

What surface is the intertrochanteric line on?

Answer 10

Anterior

Question 11

What sits on the intertrochanteric fossa?

Answer 11

Quadrate tubercle

Question 12

Where is the Pectineal line located?

Answer 12

Below lesser trochanter

Question 13

What is the gluteal tuberosity?

Answer 13

Where gluteus maximum attaches

Question 14

What does the gluteal tuberosity meet under the lesser trochanter?

Answer 14

Spiral line

Question 15

What forms the linea aspera?

Answer 15

Spiral line and gluteal tuberosity

Question 16

What does the linea aspera form when it divides?

Answer 16

Lateral and media supracondylar lines

Question 17

What is the popliteal surface?

Answer 17

It is the surface between the 2 condylar lines

Question 18

What is adductor tubercle ?

Answer 18

A tubercle that bumps out to the medial side

Question 19

Name the epicondyles

Answer 19

Lateral and medial (bumps on either side)

Question 20

Name the condyles

Answer 20

Medial and lateral (medial sits lower and lateral is flatter)

Question 21

What lies between the two condyles?

Answer 21

Intercondylar fossa

Question 22

What is patellar/trochlear surface?

Answer 22

It comes from the intercondylar fossa

Question 23

Where does ligamentum teres originate and insert?

Answer 23

Origin: pelvis
Insertion: fovea capitis

Question 24

What does ligamentum teres do?

Answer 24

Holds the head of the femur in the acetabulum

Question 25

Where does gluteus medius originate and insert?

Answer 25

Origin: anterior gluteal line of ilium Insertion: lateral surface of greater trochanter

Question 26

What movements does gluteus medius produce?

Answer 26

Extension and rotation of hip

Question 27

Where does gluteus minimus originate and insertion?

Answer 27

Origin: inferior gluteal line of ilium Insertion: anterior border of greater trochanter

Question 28

What movement does gluteus minimus produce?

Answer 28

Extension and rotation of hip

Question 29

Where does iliacus originate and insert?

Answer 29

Origin: iliac fossa Insertion: lesser trochanter

Question 30

What movement does iliacus produce?

Answer 30

Flexion of hip

Question 31

Where does pectineus originate and insert?

Answer 31

Origin: pectineal line of superior pubic ramus Insertion: pectineal line of femur and linea aspera

Question 32

What movement does pectineus produce?

Answer 32

Thigh flexion and adduction

Question 33

Where does gluteus maximus originate and insert?

Answer 33

Origin: posterior gluteal line (via iliotibial tract) of ilium and sacrum Insertion: gluteal tuberosity

Question 34

What movement does gluteus maximus produce?

Answer 34

Extension and rotation of hip

Question 35

Where does vastus medius originate and insert?

Answer 35

Origin: intertrochanteric line, medial lip of linea aspera and medial supracondylar line Insertion: quadriceps tendon

Question 36

What movement does vastus medius produce?

Answer 36

Extension of leg

Question 37

Where does vastus intermedius originate and insert?

Answer 37

Origin: anterior/lateral 2/3rds of femur Insertion: quadriceps tedon and tibial tuberosity

Question 38

What movement does vastus intermedius produce?

Answer 38

Extension of knee

Question 39

Where does vastus lateralis originate and insert?

Answer 39

Origin: intertrochanteric line, inferior greater trochanter, gluteal tuberosity and lateral lip of linea aspera Insertion: quadriceps tendon

Question 40

What movement does vastus lateralis produce?

Answer 40

Extension of knee joint

Question 41

Where does adductor longus orginate and insert?

Answer 41

Origin: anterior pubis Insertion: medial lip of linea asper

Question 42

What movement does adductor longus produce?

Answer 42

Thigh adduction, flexion and rotation

Question 43

Where does biceps femoris (short head) originate and insert?

Answer 43

Origin: linea aspera and lateral supracondylar linee and ischium Insertion: lateral side of head of fibula and lateral condyle of tibia

Question 44

What movement does biceps femoris produce?

Answer 44

Extension and lateral rotation of knee and extension of thigh at hip

Question 45

Where does adductor magnus originate and insert?

Answer 45

Origin: inferior pubic ramus and ischial tuberosity Insertion: linea aspera and adductor tubercle

Question 46

What movement does adductor magnus produce?

Answer 46

Thigh adduction, extension and rotation

Question 47

Where does popliteus originate and insert?

Answer 47

Origin: lateral epicondyle Insertion: upper posterior tibia

Question 48

What movement does popliteus produce?

Answer 48

Medial rotation and flexion of leg

Question 49

Where does gastrocnemuis originate and insert?

Answer 49

Origin: above the articular surface of condyles (1 head for each condyle) Insertion: posterior calcaneus via Achille

Question 50

What movement does gastrocnemius produce?

Answer 50

flexion of knee and foot

Question 51

Where does the fibular collateral ligament originate and insert?

Answer 51

Origin: just anove lateral condyle of femur Insertion: head of fibula

Question 52

Where does the tibial collateral ligament originate and insert?

Answer 52

Origin: above the medial condyle of femur Insertion: medial tibial diaphysis

Question 53

What ligaments are internal?

Answer 53

Cruciate ligaments

Question 54

Name the cruciate ligaments

Answer 54

Anterior and posterior

Question 55

Where does the anterior cruciate ligament originate and insert?

Answer 55

Origin: medial/anterior aspect of tibial plateau Insertion: lateral condyle of femur

Question 56

Where does posterior cruciate ligament originate and insert?

Answer 56

Origin: posteror intercondylar area of tibia Insertion: medial femoral condyle

Question 57

What non-metric trait occurs with the trochanters?

Answer 57

Third trochanter - sits lower and further back than the lesser trochanter

Question 58

Can the fovea capitis vary in size and shape?

Answer 58

Yes

Question 59

What non-metric trair affects the femur as a whole?

Answer 59

Femoral bowing

Question 60

Describe the non-metric traits Allen's fossa and Poirier's facet

Answer 60

Allen's fossa - plaque formation and defects of margin of neck Poireri's facet - facet is an extension of the articular facet of head

Question 61

Describe the non-metric trait anterior femoral neck torsion

Answer 61

It depends on the angle of the femoral head if condyle lie flat - can affect how you walk and make feet point inwards or outwards Often rectified by the knee joint