Bones and Ligaments | Muscles | Vasculature | Innervation |
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What is ball-and-socket joint?
This is the type of synovial joint that includes the hip
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What is extension and/or lateral rotation?
This is one of the actions of the gluteus maximus
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What is the medial circumflex femoral artery?
This vessel primary supplies the hip joint
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What is the inferior gluteal nerve?
This is the innervation of the gluteus maximus
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What is 126 degrees?
This is the normal inclination angle of the femur
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What are abduction and medial rotation?
These are the actions of the gluteus medius
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What is aseptic vascular necrosis?
This vascular complication can result from a hip fracture
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What is the upper lateral quadrant?
The quadrant that is safest for gluteal injection
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What is extension?
The action that the spiral course fibers restrict
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What is the linea aspera?
This is the common attachment point for the adductor muscles
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What is the ligament of the head of the femur?
This structure transmits the posterior branch of the obturator artery
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What is the piriformis and the superior gemellus?
These muscles border the sciatic nerve
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What is Gerdy's tubercle?
The insertion point of the IT-band
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What is 15 degrees?
This is the normal extension of the hip joint in degrees
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What are the superficial epigastric, superficial circumflex, external pudendal, deep femoral, and descending genicular arteries?
These are 3 branches of the femoral artery
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What is the femoral nerve (L2-L3)?
This is the innervation of the sartorious
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What is coxa vara?
This is the medical term for the abnormal decreased angle of inclination of the femur
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What are:
Superficial: gluteus maxims, gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, tensor fascia lata Deep: piriformis, obturator internus, superior and inferior gamelli, quadratus femoris
These are the five deep muscles and the four superficial muscles of the gluteal region:
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What are the femoral triangle, adductor canal, adductor hiatus, and continuation as the popliteal artery?
The course of the femoral artery
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What is the obturator nerve?
This nerve innervates the gracilis
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