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The sciatic nerve is what nerve roots?
A. L2-S3
B. L4-S3
C. L2-S2
D. L3-S4
B - L4-S3
Which nerve root is tested with the Patellar reflex?
A. L2-5
B. L2-4
C. L2-3;
D. L3-5
B - L2-4
Which muscle does not attach to the greater trochanter?
A. Piriformis
B. Adductor longus
C. Gluteus medius
D. obturator internus
B - Adductor longus
Greater trochanter has no adductor attachments
Which muscle does not attach to the ischial tuberosity?
A. Semitendinosus
B. Semimembranosus
C. Short head of biceps femoris
D. Long head of biceps femoris
C - Short head of biceps femoris
A patient has weakness with hip abduction and the pelvis drops on the opposite side while walking. Which nerve is most likely damaged?
A. Inferior gluteal nerve
B. Superior gluteal nerve
C. Femoral nerve
D. Obturator nerve
B- Superior gluteal nerve
Which muscle is most likely affected if a patient cannot evert the foot?
A. Tibialis posterior
B. Tibialis anterior
C. Fibularis brevis
D. Flexor hallicus longus
C - Fibularis brevis
Fibularis longus and brevis are the main everters of the foot
Which ligament prevents posterior displacement of the tibia on the femur?
A. ACL
B. PCL
C. Patellar ligament
D. Fibular collateral ligament
B - PCL
POSTERIOR displacement, not anterior
A patient has an injury to the anterior talofibular ligament. What injury most likely caused it?
A. Forced eversion
B. Forced inversion
C. Forced Plantarflexion
D. Forced dorsiflexion
B - Forced inversion
A patient cannot plantarflex the foot and has loss of sensation on the sole. Which nerve is most likely injured?
A. Deep fibular nerve
B. Superficial fibular nerve
C. Tibial nerve
D. Femoral nerve
C - tibial nerve
A female patient trips while walking in her driveway and afterward is unable to turn the sole of her foot inward. Which nerve or nerves are most likely damaged?
A. Medial and lateral plantar
B. Superficial and deep fibular
C. Tibial nerve
D. Deep fibular and tibial
D - Deep fibular and tibial
These are the 2 main nerves for foot inversion
What nerves innervate the skin distal to the knee?
A. Femoral and sural nerve
B. Femoral and sciatic nerve
C. Sciatic and sural nerve
D. Obturator and femoral nerve
B - Femoral and sciatic
Which structure is not part of the synovial membrane of the knee?
A. Lateral menisci
B. Medial menisci
C. Infrapatellar fold
D. Posterior intercondylar area
D - Posterior intercondylar area
A 22-year-old male football player had a Pott’s fracture. Which ligament possibly gets damaged the most, given his injury?
A. Anterior talofibular ligament
B. Lateral ligament
C. Deltoid ligament
D. Tibialis posterior
C - deltoid ligament
Everted foot, medial side
What fascia is located around the neck?
A. Crural
B. Pecotral
C. Investing
D. Facia Lata
C - Investing
Which of the following does not attach to the pubic bone?
A. Adductor magnus
B. semimembranosus
C. obturator externus
D. Pectineus
B - Semimembranosus
After a car accident, a patient suffered a deep cut on the inner side of his right knee. Later, he noticed numbness along the inner side of his right lower leg and foot, but he had no muscle weakness. Which nerve was most likely injured?
A. Femoral nerve
B. Saphenous nerve
C. Sural nerve
D. Superficial fibular nerve
B - Saphenous nerve
Which ligament limits extension and medial rotation of the femur?
A. Iliofemoral
B. Ischiofemoral
C. Pubofemoral
B - Ischiofemoral
The long plantar ligament connects which 2 bones?
A. Calcaneus with the talus
B. Calcaneus with the cuboid
C. Cuboid with the navicular
D. Navicular with the metatarsal
B - Calcaneus with the cuboid
Which of these muscles does not attach to the ischial tuberosity?
A. Semitendinosus
B. Adductor magnus
C. Iliopsoas
D. Semimembranosus
C - Iliopsoas
What structure supports the head of the talus?
A. Cuboid
B. Calcaneus
C. Sustentaculum tali
D. Groove for fibularis longus
C - Sustentaculum tali
Which of the following does not come from dorsal rami?
A. Superior cluneal nerve
B. Medial cluneal nerve
C. Posterior cluneal nerve
D. Inferior cluneal nerve
D - Inferior cluneal nerve
It comes from ventral rami
Which is not a boundary of the popliteal fossa?
A. semimembranosus
B. lateral head of gastrocnemius
C. Short head bicep femoris
D. soleus
C - Short head bicep femoris
Long head is included, not short
What results from the collapse of the medial longitudinal arch?
A. Hallux Valgus
B. Calcaneal Bursits
C. Pes Planus
D. Plantar Fasciitis
C - Pes planus (flat feet)
What is the most lateral boarder of the Linea Aspera?
A. Semitendinosus
B. Semimembranosus
C. Adductor brevis
D. Adductor magnus
D - Adductor magnus
Which of the following is not a sign of Babinski?
A. Big toe plantarflexion
B. Big toe dorsiflexion
C. Abducting of the 4 lateral toes
D. All are signs of Babinski
A - Big toe plantarflexion