Question | Answer |
what is the most common site for transfusions of blood & injections of fluids in infants? | great sapphenous vein |
what may be removed & used as venous grafts in vascularization procedures upon the heart? | great and lesser sapphenous vein |
what are the "red carpet? muscles? | Superior Gemellus, Obturator Internus, Inferior Gemellus, Quadratus Femoris |
The thigh muscles are separated into 3 compartments by what? | intermuscular septa |
the intermuscular septa separates into what 3 compartments? | anterior, medial, posterior |
muscles that are in the anterior compartment of the thigh all have what functions and innervation? | Flexors of Hip; Extensors of Knee; innervated by Femoral Nerve |
what are the anterior thigh muscles? | Iliopsoas, Pectineus, Sartorius, and Quadriceps Femoris |
why are femoral hernias more common in women? | Wider flare of iliac crests results in wider femoral ring, and increased abdominal pressure during pregnancy |
medial compartment of the thigh muscles all have what functions and innervation? | ADductors of thigh; innervated by Obturator Nerve; blood supply = Obturator Artery |
what are the medial thigh compartment muscles? | ADductor Longus, Adductor Brevis, Adductor Magnus, Gracilis, Obturator Externus, and Pectineus |
posterior thigh compartment muscles have what function and innervation? | Extensors of hip, flexors of knee; innervation by Tibial division of Sciatic Nerve; No artery → perforating branches of Deep Femoral A. |
posterior thigh compartment muscles are what? | Biceps Femoris (Long / Short heads), Semimembranosus, Semitendinosus, Adductor Magnus (4) |
exceptions to innervation of posterior thigh compartment? | Short head of Biceps = Common Fibular portion of Sciatic N. |