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Lower Extremities
Bones, Muscles, Arteries, Veins, Nerves
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 3 parts of the hip bone | Ilium, ischium, pubis |
| fuses the ilium, ischium and pubis | triradiate cartilage |
| longest, heaviest, strongest bone | femur |
| largest sesamoid bone in the body | patella |
| largest, heviest and most coarsely fibered muscle of the body | gluteus maximus |
| strongest extensor of the hip | gluteus maximus |
| key landmark for the passage of blood vessels and nerve in the gluteal region | piriformis |
| formed by obturator internus, superior gemelli, inferior gemelli | triceps coxae |
| supply structures in gluteal region | pudendal nerve and sciatic nerve |
| sensory nerves of the skin of the buttocks | clunial nerve, posterior cutaneous, nerve of thigh |
| largest nerve in the body | sciatic nerve |
| major artery of the posterior compartment before birth | inferior gluteal artery |
| largest branch of the internal iliac artery | superior gluteal artery |
| workhorse of xtension of hip | biceps femoris |
| largest branch of femoral artery; chief artery to the thigh | profunda femoris artery |
| muscles that make up the hamstrings | semitendinosous, semimembranosus, biceps femoris |
| longest vein | great saphenous vein |
| strongest flexor of the thigh | iliopsoas |
| longest muscle in the body | sartorius |
| most superficial muscle in the anterior thigh | sartorius |
| muscles that make up the quadriceps femoris | rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vasts medialis, vastus intermedialis |
| greatest extensor of the leg | quadriceps femoris |
| biggest muscle in the body, main bulk of anterior thigh | quadriceps femoris |
| largest in the medial thigh | adductor magnus |
| most powerful and most posterior muscle in the adductor group | adductor magnus |
| weakest and most superficial adductor muscle | gracilis |
| msot effective lateral rotator of the thigh | obturator externus |
| principal nerve of lumbar plexus | obturator nerve ( |
| lateral border of the femoral triangle | sartorius |
| superior border of the femoral triangle | inguinal ligamnt |
| medial border of the femoral triangle | adductor longus |
| contents of the femoral triangle | femoral nerves, artery, vein, lymph nodes (canal) |
| chief arterial supply of the lower extremities | femoral artery |
| chief artery to the thigh | profunda femoris artery |
| chief artery to the femoral head | medial circumflex artery |
| largest branch of lumbar plexus | femoral nerve |
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