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Bones
It's all about the Glutes
Thigh Master
Clinical Correlations
Nerves, Ligaments & Vasculature
100
These three bones fuse together to form the hip bone.
What are the ilium, ischium and pubis?
100
These gluteal muscles are responsible for abduction and medial rotation of the thigh.
What are the gluteus medius and minimus.
100
Adductor longus, adductor brevis, adductor magnus, gracilis and the obturator externus (Hint: Obturator nerve innervates all of these muscles, with the exception of the hamstring portion of the adductor magnus which is innervated by the tibial nerve)
What are the five muscles of the medial compartment of the thigh?
100
Varicose veins
What clinical diagnosis results when the great saphenous vein and its tributaries dilate so that the cusps of their valves do not close?
100
This nerve innervates the "hamstrings" (with the exception of the short head of the biceps femoris).
What is tibial portion of the sciatic nerve? (The short head of the biceps femoris is innervated by the common peroneal division of the sciatic nerve.)
200
This is the largest and heaviest bone in the body.
What is the femur?
200
Innervates the gluteus medius, gluteus minimus and tensor fascia lata muscles. (Bonus: Indicate cord levels)
What is the superior gluteal nerve? (Sacral plexus L4-S1)
200
This is the name for the lateral portion of the fascia lata that is particularly strong.
What is the iliotibial tract?
200
This is the typical clinical presentation of a dislocated hip.
What is a shortened lower limb with medial rotation?
200
Portions of this vein are commonly used as graft vessels in coronary bypass surgery.
What is the great saphenous vein?
300
This is an insertion point for the gluteus medius and minimus, the piriformis and the obturator internus muscles.
What is the greater trochanter of the femur?
300
The inferior gluteal nerve innervates this muscle. (Bonus: what is the action of the muscle?)
What is the gluteus maximus muscle? (Extends and laterally rotates the thigh.)
300
These four muscles are collectively referred to as the quadriceps femoris muscle.
What are the rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius and vastus medialis?
300
This type of "hip" fracture posts the greatest risk of avascular necrosis of the femoral head.
What is a subcapital fracture? This type of fracture interrupts the blood supply from the medial femoral circumflex artery. (Pertrochanteric fracture posts less risk of AVN)
300
These three ligaments reinforce the fibrous capsule enclosing the head and neck of the femur.
What are the iliofemoral ligament (anteriorly), the ischiofemoral ligament (posteriorly) and the pubofemoral ligament (inferiorly)?
400
This is the largest sesamoid bone in the body, located within the tendon of the quadriceps femoris.
What is the patella?
400
This is the site of safe area for gluteal intramuscular injection.
What is the superolateral quatrant of the buttock?
400
These three muscles are collectively referred to as the hamstrings.
What are the semitendinosus, semimembranosus and the biceps femoris?
400
Injury to this nerve results in a positive Trendelenburg test.
What is the superior gluteal nerve? (This injury causes inability to abduct the hip.)
400
The contents of the femoral triangle. (Hint: four structures)
What are the femoral nerve, femoral artery, femoral vein and femoral sheath?
500
This is the rough line or ridge on the body of the femur that provides attachments for many muscles and the three intermuscular septa.
What is the linea aspera?
500
The collective action of these (4) muscles is lateral rotation of the extended thigh. They are also stabilizers of the hip joint and insert on the greater trochanter of the femur.
What are the piriformis, obturator internus and superior and inferior gemelli muscles?
500
This nerve innervates the muscles of the anterior compartment of the thigh (with the exception of the psoas major).
What is the femoral nerve? (The psoas major is innervated by branches of the ventral primary rami of spinal nerves L2-L4.)
500
This muscle of the thigh is commonly removed and transplanted to replace a damaged muscle. (Bonus: What nerve innervates this muscle?)
What is the gracilis? Innervated by the obturator nerve (The gracilis is a relatively weak member of the adductor group of muscles, so it can be removed without noticable loss of its actions on the leg.)
500
This is the largest branch of the chief artery to the lower limb.
What is the profunda femoris artery (deep artery of the thigh), a branch or the femoral artery. (This artery is the chief artery to the thigh and gives off three or four perforating arteries that wrap around the posterior aspect of the femur, supplying the adductor magnus, hamstring and vastus lateralis muscles.)