Bones and Ligaments Muscles Vasculature Innervation
100
What is ball-and-socket joint?
This is the type of synovial joint that includes the hip
100
What is extension and/or lateral rotation?
This is one of the actions of the gluteus maximus
100
What is the medial circumflex femoral artery?
This vessel primary supplies the hip joint
100
What is the inferior gluteal nerve?
This is the innervation of the gluteus maximus
200
What is 126 degrees?
This is the normal inclination angle of the femur
200
What are abduction and medial rotation?
These are the actions of the gluteus medius
200
What is aseptic vascular necrosis?
This vascular complication can result from a hip fracture
200
What is the upper lateral quadrant?
The quadrant that is safest for gluteal injection
300
What is extension?
The action that the spiral course fibers restrict
300
What is the linea aspera?
This is the common attachment point for the adductor muscles
300
What is the ligament of the head of the femur?
This structure transmits the posterior branch of the obturator artery
300
What is the piriformis and the superior gemellus?
These muscles border the sciatic nerve
400
What is Gerdy's tubercle?
The insertion point of the IT-band
400
What is 15 degrees?
This is the normal extension of the hip joint in degrees
400
What are the superficial epigastric, superficial circumflex, external pudendal, deep femoral, and descending genicular arteries?
These are 3 branches of the femoral artery
400
What is the femoral nerve (L2-L3)?
This is the innervation of the sartorious
500
What is coxa vara?
This is the medical term for the abnormal decreased angle of inclination of the femur
500
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:
500
What are the femoral triangle, adductor canal, adductor hiatus, and continuation as the popliteal artery?
The course of the femoral artery
500
What is the obturator nerve?
This nerve innervates the gracilis






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