PELVIC LIMB NERVES AND VESSELS (E3)

Question 1

Which vessel supplies the quadriceps?

Answer 1

lateral circumflex femoral

Question 2

What action cannot be done if there is damage to the femoral n?

Answer 2

extension of the stifle

Question 3

Which vessels supply the adductors of the pelvic limb? (gracilis, adductor, pectineus)

Answer 3

proximal and middle caudal femorals

Question 4

Which nerve innervates the adductors of the pelvic limb?

Answer 4

obturator

Question 5

What muscles are innervated by obturator n?

Answer 5

external obturator, pectineus, gracilis, and adductor

Question 6

Caudal rectal n is a branch off of ?

Answer 6

Pudendal nerve

Question 7

What does the caudal rectal nerve innervate?

Answer 7

the external anal sphincter

Question 8

What muscles does the femoral nerve innervate?

Answer 8

sartorius, ilospoas, quadriceps (all 4 heads)

Question 9

What actions cannot be done if there is damage to the femoral nerve?

Answer 9

extension of stifle, p will be unable to bear weight on hind leg

Question 10

Which nerve innervates flexors and extensors of the stifle and extensors of the hip?

Answer 10

sciatic

Question 11

What muscles does sciatic nerve innervate?

Answer 11

internal obturator, gemelli, quadratus femoris, biceps femoris, semitendinosus, semimembranosus

Question 12

What are 2 main branches off of sciatic n?

Answer 12

tibial nerve, common fibular nerve

Question 13

Which nerve innervates the flexors of the tarsus and extensors of digits?

Answer 13

Common Fibular n

Question 14

What muscles does the common fibular n innervate?

Answer 14

cranial tibial, fibularis longus, long digital extensors

Question 15

Innervation and Supply to the flexors of tarsus and extensors of the digits?

Answer 15

Common fibular NERVE
Cranial tibial ARTERY

Question 16

Which nerve innervates the rotators of the stifle, extensors of the tarsus, and flexors of the digits?

Answer 16

Tibial

Question 17

What muscles does the Tibial nerve innervate?

Answer 17

Gastrocnemius, superfecial digital flexor, popliteus, deep digital flexor, plantar muscles

Question 18

Which nerve innervates the middle and deep gluteals?

Answer 18

cranial gluteal n

Question 19

What is the sole innervation to the superficial gluteal m?

Answer 19

caudal gluteal n

Question 20

Which artery supplies the middle and deep gluteals?

Answer 20

cranial gluteal artery

Question 21

What does the caudal gluteal artery supply?

Answer 21

superficial and middle gluteals, the rotators of the hip, and the adductor muscle

-divides into branches which supply the biceps femoris, semitendinosus and semimembranosus muscles

Question 22

the external iliac artery continues as the ? artery after passing through the abdominal wall

Answer 22

femoral

Question 23

Which nerve, artery and vein can be exposed in the femoral triangle?

Answer 23

femoral artery and vein, and the saphenous nerve

Question 24

What does the lateral circumflex femoral artery supply?

Answer 24

Quadriceps (all 4 heads) tensor fasciae latae, superfical and middle gluteals, and the hip joint capsule

Question 25

What does the proximal caudal femoral artery supply?

Answer 25

pectineus, adductor, and gracilis

Question 26

What does the middle caudal femoral artery supply?

Answer 26

adductor and semimembranosus

Question 27

What does the distal caudal femoral artery supply?

Answer 27

biceps femoris, semimembranosus, semitendinosus, gastrocnemius, and the digital flexors

Question 28

What does the popliteal artery supply?

Answer 28

the stifle, gastrocnemius, and popliteus muscles

Question 29

What does the caudal cutaneous femoral nerve supply?

Answer 29

the skin on the proximal caudal half of the thigh

Question 30

What is the main pelvic limb arterial channel?

Answer 30

External iliac -> femoral -> popliteal -> cranial tibial -> dorsal pedal

Question 31

What does the medial circumflex femoral artery supply?

Answer 31

adductor, vastus medialis, obturators, hip joint capsule, semimembranosus

Question 32

Deep femoral branches into ??

Answer 32

Medial circumflex femoral, external pudendal & caudal epigastric

Question 33

What does the caudal epigastric artery supply?

Answer 33

caudal half of the rectus abdominis, and the ventral parts of the oblique and transverse muscles

Question 34

External pudendal passes through the ?

Answer 34

inguinal canal