KIN 100 - Femoral Triangle and Vessels of the Lower Limb (lecture 19)

Question 1

What is the femoral triangle

Answer 1

A triangular space located in the groin region

Question 2

Boundaries of the femoral triangle

Answer 2

Superior: Inguinal ligament
Lateral: Sartorius
Medial: Adductor longus

Question 3

What makes up the floor of the femoral triangle

Answer 3

Iliopsoas and pectineus

Question 4

What are the content of the femoral triangle from lateral to medial

Answer 4

Femoral Nerve
Femoral artery
Femoral vein

Question 5

Whats another name for the adductor canal

Answer 5

subsartorial canal

Question 6

Where does the adductor canal lie

Answer 6

deep to sartorius, from the apex of femoral triangle to adductor hiatus

Question 7

What are the content of the adductor canal

Answer 7

Femoral artery
Femoral vein
Saphenous nerve
Nerve to vastus medialis

Question 8

What is the adductor hiatus and where is it found

Answer 8

a passageway for the major vessels of the lower limb to pass from the anterior compartment of the thigh to the posterior compartment of the thigh

distal aspect of adductor magnus

Question 9

When does the popliteal artery arise with respect to the adductor hiatus

Answer 9

When the femoral artery passes from anterior to posterior

Question 10

When the does the femoral vein arise with respect to the adductor hiatus

Answer 10

When the popliteal vein passes from posterior to anterior