Lab Manual NCs

Question 1

What separates anterior and posterior compartments of the thigh?

Answer 1

Medial intermuscular septum

Question 2

What separates the posterior and anterior compartments of the thigh?

Answer 2

Lateral Intermuscular septum

Question 3

What is the deep fascia of the thigh?

Answer 3

Fascia lata

Question 4

What nerve has branches that supply most of the cutaneous innervation to the anterior thigh?

Answer 4

femoral nerve

Question 5

What nerves supply the upper aspect of the skin of the thigh?

Answer 5

ilioinguinal and lateral femoral cutaneous nerve

Question 6

Where does the great saphenous vein enter the thigh?

Answer 6

posterior to the medial femoral condyle at the knee

Question 7

Where does the great saphenous vein terminate?

Answer 7

in the femoral vein

Question 8

T or F: some of the tributaries of the great saphenous vein connect to veins of thorax and axilla to create collateral circulation between superior and inferior vena cavae

Answer 8

True

Question 9

When might collateral circulation of great saphenous to the thorax and axilla be important?

Answer 9

When venous return through the liver is blocked

Question 10

What is found 3-4cm inferior to the medial attachment of inguinal ligament to the pubic tubercle?

Answer 10

saphenous opening

Question 11

What is the site of femoral hernias?

Answer 11

saphenous opening (most common in females)

Question 12

What are the superior attachments of the fascia lata?

Answer 12

inguinal ligament, iliac crest, sacrotuberous ligament, ischial tuberosity, ischiopubic ramus, symphisis pubis

Question 13

What does the fascia lata form as it thickens laterally?

Answer 13

Iliotibial tract

Question 14

What muscles insert on the iliotibial tract?

Answer 14

gluteus maximus, tensor fasciae latae

Question 15

What do the intermuscular septa attach on?

Answer 15

linea aspera

Question 16

What does the fascia lata thicken to form at the knee?

Answer 16

lateral and medial retinacula of patella

Question 17

What does the fascia lata continue as in the leg?

Answer 17

crural fascia

Question 18

Which quadriceps muscle crosses both the hip and knee joint?

Answer 18

Rectus femoris

Question 19

What three muscles insert on the pes anserinus?

Answer 19

sartorius, gracilis, semitendinosus

Question 20

What is located within the quadriceps tendon?

Answer 20

The patella

Question 21

What inserts on the lesser trochanter in the floor of the femoral triangle?

Answer 21

iliopsoas

Question 22

What surrounds the femoral artery and vein?

Answer 22

femoral sheath

Question 23

What forms the boarders of the femoral triangle?

Answer 23

inguinal ligament, sartorius, and medial border of adductor longus

Question 24

What is the floor of the femoral triangle composed of?

Answer 24

iliopsoas, pectineus, and adductor longus

Question 25

T or F: the femoral N., artery and vein pass superficial to the inguinal ligament

Answer 25

False

Question 26

T or F: the fascia lata is an extension of the transversalis fascia from the trunk that extends deep to the inguinal ligament

Answer 26

False - this describes the FEMORAL sheath

Question 27

What is contained in the lateral compartment of the femoral sheath?

Answer 27

femoral artery

Question 28

What is contained in the middle compartment of the femoral sheath?

Answer 28

femoral vein

Question 29

What is contained in the medial compartment of the femoral sheath?

Answer 29

lymph nodes and fat

Question 30

What is the primary source of motor innervation to the anterior thigh?

Answer 30

Femoral N

Question 31

What is contained in the adductor canal?

Answer 31

femoral a/v. saphenous n. (cutaneous) nerve to vastus medialis

Question 32

What important branches arise from the the deep femoral artery?

Answer 32

medial and lateral circumflex femoral arteries

Question 33

What artery arises from the deep lateral aspect of the femoral artery?

Answer 33

profunda femoris

Question 34

what nerve passes between psoas major and iliacus?

Answer 34

femoral N.

Question 35

What is the relationship of the femoral vein and artery as they pass through the adductor canal?

Answer 35

the vein is now posterior to artery

Question 36

Where does the adductor canal begin?

Answer 36

at the midpoint of the thigh where the sartorius muscle crosses the adductor longus muscle

Question 37

What forms the roof of the adductor canal?

Answer 37

sartorius muscle and fascia

Question 38

What is the medial border of the adductor canal?

Answer 38

adductor longus and magnus

Question 39

What is the lateral border of the adductor canal?

Answer 39

vastus medialis medialis muscle and fascia

Question 40

What marks the end of the adductor canal?

Answer 40

the adductor hiatus

Question 41

What artery runs posterior to adductor longus?

Answer 41

deep femoral

Question 42

What artery passes deeply in the groove between pectineus and iliopsoas?

Answer 42

medial circumflex femoral artery

Question 43

What vessels course deep to the sartorius?

Answer 43

femoral artery and vein

Question 44

What muscles are contained in the medial (adductor) compartment of the thigh?

Answer 44

pectineus, gracilis, adductor longus, adductor brevis, adductor magnus, obturator extenus muscles

Question 45

What muscle lies between the anterior and posterior branches of the obturator nerves and vessels?

Answer 45

adductor brevis

Question 46

What are the boundaries of the greater sciatic foramen?

Answer 46

the greater sciatic notch, sacrotuberous ligament, sacrospinous ligament

Question 47

How do vessels enter the gluteal compartment?

Answer 47

the greater sciatic foramen

Question 48

What foramen allows communication between the gluteal region and the perineum?

Answer 48

the lesser sciatic foramen

Question 49

What are the boundaries of the lesser sciatic foramen?

Answer 49

Lesser sciatic notch, sacrospinous ligament (superior), sacrotuberous ligament (dorsal)

Question 50

What are the boundaries of the greater sciatic foramen?

Answer 50

Greater sciatic notch, sacrtuberous ligament (dorsal), sacrospinous ligament (inferior)

Question 51

What are the two attachment points of the sacrotuberous ligament?

Answer 51

ischial tuberosity and sacrum

Question 52

What nerves pass under piriformis and over oburator internus, and inferior a superior gemellus?

Answer 52

Inferior gluteal, sciatic, pudendal n., posterior femoral cutaneous n.

Question 53

What is the primary extensor of the hip joint?

Answer 53

gluteus maximus

Question 54

What muscle is directly deep to gluteus maximus?

Answer 54

gluteus medius

Question 55

What muscle is directly deep to gluteus medius?

Answer 55

gluteus minimus

Question 56

What nerves and vessel pass superiorly to pirformis and lies in the fascial plane between gluteus maximus and gluteus medius?

Answer 56

superior gluteal vessels and nerve

Question 57

What muscle takes up the majority of the greater sciatic foramen?

Answer 57

piriformis

Question 58

What passes through the lesser sciatic foramen?

Answer 58

pudendal n., obturator internus

Question 59

T or F: the major nerves and vessels of the leg enter through the lesser sciatic foramen

Answer 59

False, they enter through the greater sciatic foramen

Question 60

What are the two nerves that make up the sciatic n?

Answer 60

tibial and common fibular ns.

Question 61

Where does the sciatic nerve enter the posterior compartment of the thigh?

Answer 61

inferior to quadratus femoris

Question 62

Under what muscle does the sciatic nerve travel under in the thigh?

Answer 62

biceps femoris long head

Question 63

What descends medially relative to the sciatic n?

Answer 63

posterior femoral cutaneous n.

Question 64

What is the most medial structure to cross the ischial spine?

Answer 64

Pudendal n. (pudendal vessels = more lateral) | n. to obturator internus and sup. gemellus = most lateral