Lecture 17: Hip Joint, Thigh and Leg Bones

Question 1

Where does the head of the femur articulate with the hip bones?

Answer 1

The acetabulum

Question 2

What is the hip joint classified as?

Answer 2

Ball and socket, synovial joint

Question 3

The fovea is an attachment site for:

Answer 3

the ligament to the head of the femur

Question 4

What is found along the ligament to the head of the femur?

Answer 4

The artery to the head of the femur

Question 5

Where does the transverse acetabular ligament span?

Answer 5

It spans the acetabular notch

Question 6

What spans the acetabular notch?

Answer 6

The transverse acetabular ligament

Question 7

What are the 3 ligaments of the hip joint?

Answer 7

• iliofemoral ligament
• pubofemoral ligament
• ischiofemoral ligament
  (all intrinsic ligaments)

Question 8

Do the 3 ligaments of the hip joint tighten during flexion or extension of the hip?

Answer 8

Extension of the hip

Question 9

What is found deep to the skin in the lower limb?

Answer 9

A layer of deep fascia

Question 10

What is the fascia called in the thigh?

Answer 10

The fascia lata

Question 11

What is the fascia called in the leg?

Answer 11

The crural fascia

Question 12

Where is the fascia lata the thickest?

Answer 12

On the lateral aspect, called the IT band (iliotibial band)

Question 13

What creates compartments in the leg and thighs?

Answer 13

Extensions of the fascia lata and crural lata

Question 14

What are the 2 muscles that insert into the fibres of the IT band?

Answer 14

• Gluteus maximus

- Tensor Fascia Lata

Question 15

Where does the IT band attach to distally?

Answer 15

the lateral tibial condyle known clinically as Gerdy’s tubercle

Question 16

What are the deep veins found in the lower limb?

Answer 16

medial and lateral plantar veins
Anterior tibial, poterior tibial, and fibular veins
popliteal vein
femoral vein
external and internal iliac veins
inferior vena cava

Question 17

What are the superficial veins found in the lower limb?

Answer 17

Great/long saphenous vein

Small saphenous vein

Question 18

Where does the long saphenous vein begin, ascends and drains?

Answer 18

Begin on the dorsum of the foot
ascend medially up the leg and thigh
drains into the femoral vein in the femoral triangle

Question 19

Where does the short saphenous vein begin, ascends and drains?

Answer 19

Begin on the dorsum of the foot
ascend posterolaterally up the leg
drains into the popliteal vein in the popliteal fossa

Question 20

What are varicose veins?

Answer 20

The saphenous veins become dilated so that the valves no longer close properly