Nerves of the Thigh

Question 1

Genitofemoral nerve supplies

Answer 1

Skin on proximal anterior surface of thigh

Question 2

Genitofemoral nerve passes

Answer 2

deep to inguinal ligament through lateral compartment of femoral sheath with external iliac/femoral artery

Question 3

Lateral femoral cutaneous supplies

Answer 3

Lateral thigh

Question 4

Lateral femoral cutaneous passes

Answer 4

over iliacus toward ASIS and under the inguinal ligament to pass over sartorius where it divides into anterior and posterior divisions

Question 5

Obturator nerve branches passes

Answer 5

through obturator canal anterior and posterior to adductor brevis

Question 6

Anterior division of obturator supplies

Answer 6

Hip joint
Adductor longus
Adductor brevis
Gracilis

Question 7

Posterior division of obturator supplies

Answer 7

Obturator externus
Adductor magnus
Adductor brevis

Question 8

Accessory obturator supplies

Answer 8

Pectineus

Only present 10% of the time

Question 9

Femoral nerve supplies

Answer 9

Anterior thigh muscles

Intermediate and medial branches supplies skin of anterior thigh

Question 10

Saphenous nerve passes through the ________ canal

Answer 10

Adductor

Question 11

Saphenous nerve leaves and does not pass through the ___________ to pass over the ________ side of the _________

Answer 11

Adductor canal
Medial
Knee

Question 12

Saphenous nerve passes between tendons of

Answer 12

Sartorius

Gracilis

Question 13

Saphenous nerve proximal branches

Answer 13

Contribution to subsartorial plexus

Infrapatellar branch for cutaneous innervation of patella

Question 14

Subsartorial nerve plexus formed by

Answer 14

Obturator n.
Saphenous n.
Medial femoral cutaneous n.

Question 15

Subsartorial nerve plexus supplies

Answer 15

Sensory innervation to posteromedial aspect of distal thigh

Question 16

Tibial nerve supplies

Answer 16

Posterior compartment of the thigh

except short head of biceps femoris