Lower Extremities Word Scramble
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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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