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Gluteal Region Clinical
GaR
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Medical
Graduate
10/17/2011

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Term
what nerve is responsible for knee extension?
Definition
femoral nerve
Term
what nerve is responsible for lateral rotation at the hip joint?
Definition
sacral plexus
Term
what muscle is the chief flexor of the thigh?
Definition
iliopsoas
Term
what 2 nerves innervate the adductor magnus?
Definition
obturator and tibial n.
Term
what is the longest muscle in the body?
Definition
SARTORIUS!
Term
what is the medial compartment also called?
Definition
the adductor compartment.
Term
what are the 2 divisions of the sciatic nerve?
Definition
tibial nerve, common peroneal nerve. THC. no H involved
Term
what nerve innervates the muscles of the medial compartment responsible for adduction?
Definition
obturator nerve
Term
what is the one exception of adductors of the muscle innervated by the obturator nerve?
Definition
pectineus
Term
what are 2 branches off the external iliac artery before it becomes the femoral artery?
Definition
deep circumflex iliac and inferior epigastric
Term
what landmark differentiates the external iliac artery from the femoral artery?
Definition
inguinal ligament
Term
through what landmark does the femoral artery pass as it travels to the leg?
Definition
adductor hiatus in the adductor magnus muscle.
Term
what passes through adductor canal?
Definition
femoral artery and vein
saphenous nerve
Term
what arteries off the popliteal anastomose and supply the knee?
Definition
medial and lateral superior and inferior genicular arteries.
Term
what vein is a frequent site of blood clots that travel into the pulmonary circulation and is also a source of replacement vessels in coronary bypass surgery?
Definition
great saphenous vein
Term
what forms the femoral triangle (femoral artery vein and nerve pass through here)?
Definition
sartorius, inguinal ligament, adductor LONGUS muscle
Term
what structures are found under and just inferior to the inguinal ligament? (NAVEL)
Definition
femoral Nerve
femoral Artery
femoral Vein
Lymphatics
Term
what is found in the femoral sheath?
Definition
femoral artery and vein (not nerve)
Term
which muscle is referred to as the tailor's muscle,because it flexes and laterally rotates the thigh as well as flexes and medially rotated the leg?
Definition
sartorius
Term
what is a sesamoid bone? Largest sesamoid bone?
Definition
a bone which lies in a tendon and slides over another bone
-patella
Term
what nerve is responsible for cutaneous sensation in the medial aspect of the leg?
Definition
posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
Term
which main nerve gives off nerve branches responsible for the cutaneous innervation of lateral aspect of the leg?
Definition
sciatic nerve
Term
cutaneous sensation to posterior leg?
Definition
sural nerve
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