Lower Limb Flashcards
(36 cards)
Boundaries of the femoral triangle
Inguinal ligament, sartorius, adductor longus
Structure immediately lateral to femoral shealth
femoral nerve
structure immediately medial to femoral artery in femoral sheath
femoral vein
contents of the femoral canal
deep inguinal LN
medial boundary of femoral ring
lacunar ligament
structures that course throughout the entire length of the adductor canal
femoral artery and vein
structures that course through only a portion of adductor canal
saphenous nerve, nerve to vastus medialis, descending genicular vessels
muscles that forms floor of popliteal fossa
popliteus
muscles that is chief flexor at hip joint
iliopsoas
muscle that prevents pelvis from tilting when walking
gluteus medius
muscle that extends leg
quadriceps femoris
muscle that unlocks knee joint
popliteus
muscle affected with “foot slap”
tibialis anterior
chief invertors of foot
tibialis anterior and posterior
Chief evertors of foot
fibularis longus and brevis
ligament that checks backward displacement of femur on tibia
anterior cruciate
ligament laxity with positive valgus maneuver
medial collateral ligament
most commonly injured ankle ligament
anterior talofibular
ligament stretched with flat foot
plantar calcaneonavicular (spring)
joint for movements of inversion and eversion
subtalar and transverse tarsal
Major artery to head of femur in adult
medial femoral circumflex
Nerve affected with fracture of head of neck of fibula
common fibular
Tendon affected with avulsion fracture of 5th metatrsal
fibularis brevis
Innervation of adductor magnus
obturator, tibial portion of sciatic