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Anatomy Blk4 wk 3- Thigh
Medical school anatomy class
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Anatomy
Graduate
12/01/2010

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Term
What is the most powerful flexor of the thigh at the hip?
Definition
Iliopsoas
Term
What innervates ALL extensors of the knee and what are these?
Definition
The femoral nerve. The sartorius and quadriceps femoris which consists of rectus femors, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, and vastus intermedius
Term
The tendons of which muscles contain the patella?
Definition
quadriceps femoris
Term
What innervates the mm of the medial thigh and what are they? what are the two exceptions?
Definition
Obturator nerve. mm= Gracilis, pectineus, adductor longus, adductor brevis,adductor magnus, and adductor hiatus exceptions= pectineus and part of the adductor magnus
Term
What innervates the pectineus?
Definition
femoral nerve
Term
What two mm does the circumflex art run btwn?
Definition
iliopsoas and the pectineus
Term
What two mm does the deep femoral art run btwn?
Definition
the adductor longus and the pectineus
Term
Clinically, which muscle is the one usually being referred to when someone “pulls their groin muscle”?
Definition
adductor longus
Term
What is the hamstring portion of the adductor magnus innervated by?
Definition
tibial portion of sciatic nerve
Term
The hamstrings are innervated by what?
Definition
sciatic nerve
Term
what is the common insertion of the hamstrings and what is the one exception?
Definition
ischial tuberosity except for short head of biceps
Term
What are the contents of the pes ancerine?
Definition
Sartorius, Gracilis, semiTendinosis
Term
What portion of the sciatic nerve innervates the semimembranosis?
Definition
Tibial portion
Term
What two muscles does the sciatic nerve run btwn
Definition
the long head of biceps femoris and adductor magnus
Term
What portion of the sciatic nerve innervates the short head of biceps femoris?
Definition
peroneal (fibular) portion
Term
What are the borders of the popliteal fossa?
Definition
the biceps femoris superolaterally, the semimembranosis and semitendinosis superomedially, the lateral head of the gastrocnemius inferolaterally, and the medial head of the gastrocnemius inferomedially
Term
What are the borders of the femoral triangle?
Definition
inguinal ligament, adductor longus, sartorius
Term
What are the contents of the inguinal triangle?
Definition
femoral nerve, femoral artery, femoral vein
Term
How does the femoral n lie in respect to the femoral a and v
Definition
laterally
Term
What does the profunda femoris artery branch from?
Definition
femoral artery
Term
What is NOT in the femoral sheath
Definition
femoral nerve
Term
What does the adductor canal contain?
Definition
femoral artery and vein and saphenous vein
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