Anterior Leg
What does the femoral artery become when it goes through the adductor hiatus?
Popliteal Artery
What is the innervation of the Gluteus Maximus?
Inferior Gluteal Nerve
What ligament limits hyper-inversion?
Deltoid Ligament
What comes out of the fovea of the head of the femur?
Ligamentum Teres or The Ligament of the Head of the Femur
What ligament is injured during hyperinversion of the ankle?
Anterior talofibular ligament
Name the contents of the femoral triangle?
-Femoral Nerve
-Femoral Artery
-Femoral Vein
-LymphaticsWhat unlocks the knee joint?
Popliteus Muscle
What retinaculum creates the tarsal tunnel?
Flexor retinaculum
What does the gastrocnemius attach to?
Calcaneous
What two retinaculum tether down the tendons from the anterior compartment?
Superior extensor retinaculum
Inferior extensor retinaculum
List the four muscles of the anterior thigh that converge into the quadriceps femoris tendon?
-Rectus Femoris
-Vastus Medialis
-Vastus Lateralis
-Vastus Intermedius
Name the muscles of the Pes Anserinus?
-Sartorius
-Gracilis
-Semitendinosus
As the tibial artery descends and crosses over the ankle, what artery does it become?
Dorsalis pedis artery
What is the largest part of the hip bone?
Ilium
What ligament runs from the anterior tibia to posterior femur?
The anterior cruciate ligament
What artery do the medial and lateral circumflex arteries come off of?
Deep Femoral Artery
Describe Pudendal neuralgia
is caused by entrapment and compression of the pudendal nerve, is characterized by severe, sharp pain along the course of the pudendal nerve, genital numbness, erectile dysfunction (ED), and impotence.
Describe the innervation of the lumbrical muscles
Lumbrical 1: medial plantar nerve
Lumbricals 2–4: lateral plantar nerve
What kind of bone is the patella?
A large sesamoid bone
Describe the purpose of the knee joint?
• To improve the effective extension capacity of the quadriceps muscle by increasing the moment arm of the patellar ligament
• To protect the quadriceps tendon from frictional forces by minimizing tendon contact with the femur
• To act as a bony shield for deeper structures in the knee joint
What joint allows plantar and dorsiflexion of the ankle?
Talocrual Joint
Name all structures that run around the medial malleolus?
• Tibialis Posterior
• Flexor Digitorum Longus
• Posterior tibial Artery
• Posterior tibial Vein
• Tibial Nerve
• Flexor Hallucis longus
Describe the action of the plantar and dorsal interossei muscles?
Plantar —> adducts digits 3-5
Dorsal —> Abducts digits 2-4
What runs in between the tibia and fibula?
Interosseous Membrane
What is the least commonly injured ankle ligament?
Posterior talofibular ligament