Flashcards in Lower Extremity, Snell Deck (267)
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Pelvic girdle: # of bones
4
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Pelvic girdle: Bones
1) 2 hip bones
2) Sacrum
3) Coccyx
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Hip bone: Articulates with the head of the femur
Acetabulum
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Hip bone: Articular vs non articular: Acetabular fossa
Non articular
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Hip bone: Runs between asis and psis
Iliac crest
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Hip bone: Articulates with the opposite hip bone
Pubic bone at the pubic crest and tubercle
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Hip bone: Obturator foramen is bound by
1) Ischium
2) Pubis
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Femur: Fits into the acetabulum
Head
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Femur: Small depression at the center of the head
Fovea capitis
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Femur: Fovea capitis is for the attachment of
Ligament of the head
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Femur: Vessel conveyed along the ligament of the head to enter the bone at the fovea
Obturator artery
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Femur: Junction of neck and shaft
1) Trochanters
2) Intertrochanteric line
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Femur: Attached to the intertrochanteric line
Iliofemoral ligament; pubofemoral at lower end
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Femur: Ridge on the posterior portion of shaft
Linea aspera
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Femur: Medial margin of linea aspera continues below as
Medial supracondylar ridge
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Femur: Lateral margin of linea aspera continues below as
Lateral supracondylar ridge
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Femur: Medial supracondylar ridge ends as the
Adductor tubercle
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Femur: On the posterior surface of the shaft below the greater trochanter
Gluteal tuberosity for gluteus maximus
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Femur: Flat triangular area on the posterior surface of the lower end
Popliteal surface
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Femur: Lateral and medial condyles are separated posteriorly by
Intercondylar notch
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Femur: Lateral and medial condyles are separated anteriorly by
Articular surface for patella
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Femur: Superior to the condyles
Medial and lateral epicondyles
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Femur: Adductor tubercle is continuous with
Medial epicondyle
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Femur: Main blood supply to the head
Medial femoral circumflex
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Femur: Common complication of femoral neck fractures due to interruption of the main blood supply to the head
Avascular necrosis of head
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Sesamoid bone
A bone that develops within a tendon
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Largest sesamoid bone in the body
Patella
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Patella: Lies within the tendon of the
Quadriceps femoris
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Patella: Shape
Triangular
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