Iliac region muscles and femoral nerve - Week 4

Question 1

Muscles of the iliac region?

Answer 1

Psoas minor, psoas major, iliacus, iliopsoas (both)

Question 2

Psoas major, minor and iliacus attachments, action and nerves that innervate

Answer 2

Study muscle diagram sheet

Question 3

Does a glute bridge flex or lengthen the iliac muscles?

Answer 3

Lengthen

Question 4

Where is the lesser trochanter?

Answer 4

Inferior and medial to the greater trochanter on the femur

Question 5

What does the femoral nerve supply?

Answer 5

Innvervates the anterior thigh
Muscular branches supply - iliacus, pectineus, sartorius, rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius, articularis genu

Sensory (cutaneous) branches: anterior femoral cutaneous, saphenous nerve

Also supplies hip and knee joints

Question 6

What does the saphenous nerve supply?

Answer 6

Supplies the medial side of the leg below the knee

Question 7

Path the saphenous nerve takes

Answer 7

Branch off the femoral nerve that travels down thigh behind sartorius in adductor canal, crosses medial side of knee deep to sartorius tendon, becomes superficial between sartorius and gracilis, supplies skin medial side of leg below the knee.

Question 8

Downward, hold and upward phase of a squat.

What contraction are the quads performing?

Answer 8

Downward - Eccentric
Hold - Isometric
Upward - Concentric

Question 9

Femoral triangle includes (NAVL)

Answer 9

Nerve, artery, vein, lymphatic vessels