OSTEOLOGY

Question 1

Which tendon is the patella imbedded in?

Answer 1

Tendon of the quadriceps femoris

Question 2

The lesser trochanter serves as landmark for what?

Answer 2

The lower fibres of the gluteus maximus

Question 3

What does the lateral line of the linear aspera form and what is its function?

Answer 3

Gluteus tuberosity - insertion of the gluteus maximus

Question 4

Where does the intercondylar eminence fix into?

Answer 4

The intercondylar fossa of the femur

Question 4

What part of the tibial articulates with the condyles of the femur?

Answer 4

The articular surfaces called tibial plateau

Question 5

What is the sequence for weight transfer to the the foot from the sacrum?

Answer 5

Sacrum to the iliac tuberosity to the acetabulum to head to femur to the neck to the greater trochanter to the shaft to the patella to the tibial to the talus to the calcaneus to the cuboid to the navicular to the curniformes to the metatarsals to the phalanges.

Question 6

What is the Gerdy tubercle?

Answer 6

The anterolateral part of the superior thigh

Question 7

What muscle has insertion at the Gerdy tubercle?

Answer 7

Iliofemoral

Question 8

What connects the tibia and the femur?

Answer 8

Interosseous membrane

Question 9

What separates the articular surfaces of the condyles of the tibia

Answer 9

The intercondylar eminence

Question 10

What line is found at the posterior tibia

Answer 10

Soleal line

Question 11

What makes up the tibial plateau

Answer 11

The lateral and medial condyle of the tibial

Question 12

Name the muscles of the anterior thigh?

Answer 12

Iliopsoas
Pectineos
Sartorius
Rectus femoris
Vastus intermedius
Vastus medialis
Vastus lateralis

Question 13

What does the superior lateral lip of the linea aspera formed?

Answer 13

Gluteal tuberosity

Question 14

The medial lip of the linea aspera inferiorly divides to form

Answer 14

Supracondylar ridge which forms adductor tubercle

Question 15

Medial Supracondylar ridge which forms ________

Answer 15

adductor tubercle

Question 16

What joins two trochanter?

Answer 16

Intertrochanteric ridge

Question 17

What joins the neck and shaft of a femur

Answer 17

Intertrochanteric line

Question 18

What ligament is attached to the intertrochanteric line

Answer 18

Iliofemoral ligament

Question 19

What muscle is attached to the lesser trochanter

Answer 19

Iliopsoas

Question 20

The medial malleolus in the bone of the leg is formed from which bone?

Answer 20

The inferior part of the tibia

Question 21

What is the function of the fovea capitis

Answer 21

It serves as the passage for obturator artery to the head

Question 22

What is so special about the talus in structure

Answer 22

It is the only bone in the leg that no muscle or ligament is attached to

Question 23

What does the iliac tuberosity do?

Answer 23

It serves for articulation for the sacrum for the sacroiliac joint

Question 24

What is the landmark for the inguinal region

Answer 24

The pubic tubercle

Question 25

What is the shape of the talus

Answer 25

It is tortoise shaped bone

Question 26

What side of the calcaneum articulates with the cuboid?

Answer 26

Anterior

Question 27

The talus articulates with what anteriorly?

Answer 27

Navicular

Question 28

What is the first talus to ossify

Answer 28

Calcaneum

Question 29

What is the strongest cuneiform?

Answer 29

Intermediate

Question 30

The largest coneiform is ______

Answer 30

Medial coneiform (1st coneiform)

Question 31

The longest coneiform is _______

Answer 31

Intermediate coneiform

Question 32

The smallest and strongest cuneiform

Question 33

What is so special about the 3rd coneiform

Answer 33

It articulates with the cuboid too apart from the metatarsals anteriorly

Question 34

Where is the site that is the most prone for fracture of the femur

Answer 34

The neck

Question 35

What most common site of the femur for interosseous infusion?

Answer 35

The superior antero-tibia

Question 36

On what bases is the most common site for interosseous infusion of the femur?

Answer 36

1)The anterior part of the superior is subcutaneous and the skin is thin. 2)It is a landmark area so it can be correctly administered without injuring the epiphysial plate

Question 37

How many cutaneous veins are in the superficial fascia in the anterior thigh?

Answer 37

7

Question 38

List the cutaneous nerves are in the superficial fascia in the anterior thigh?

Answer 38

📌Ilioguinal 📌Femoral branch genitofemoral nerve 📌Lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh 📌 Medial cutaneous nerve be of the thigh 📌 Intermediate cutaneous nerve of the thigh 📌Saphenous nerve 📌 Cutaneous branch of the obturator nerve

Question 39

What is the root value of the cutaneous branch of the obturator nerve?

Answer 39

L2 and L3

Question 40

What is the root value of the saphenous nerve

Answer 40

L3 or L4

Question 41

The genitofemoral nerve supplies what?

Answer 41

The skin of the femoral triangle