Lower Extremity

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  1. The ligament of the head of the femur, as it leaves the femur, courses superiorly in the aceabulum

    2. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  2. The ischiofemoral ligament can be best seen from a posterior view

    3. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  3. The spiral arrangement of the ligaments that make up the hip joint resists medial rotation of the thigh

    4. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  4. The fibular collateral ligament is a flat band of connective tissue

    5. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  5. Upon flexion of the leg, the lateral meniscus moves posterior

    6. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  6. The anterior cruciate ligament prevents hyperflesion of the knee

    7. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  7. The navicular bone articulates with the cuboid bone in the foot

    8. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  8. The deltoid ligament can be found on the medial side of the ankle

    9. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  9. The femoral artery can be found on the anterior surface of the adductor longus

    10. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  10. The gracilis muscle can be found on the medial surface of the adductor magnus

    11. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  11. The sartorius muscle, which receives blood from the deep femoral artery, can flex the thigh and the leg

    12. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  12. The posterior fibers of the adductor magnus, which receives its primary innervation from the tibial nerve, can extend the thigh

    13. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  13. The pectineus muscle, which attaches to the adductor tubercle, is innervated by the femoral nerve

    14. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  14. Both the semimembranous and semitendinosus can medially rotate the flexed leg

    15. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  15. The gluteus minimus, which attaches to the greater trochanter and is innervated by the superior gluteal nerve, can abduct the thigh

    16. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  16. The obturator externus, which is innervated by the inferior gluteal nerve, is attached to the trochanteric fossa

    17. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  17. The tibialis anterior is in contact with both the tibia and fibula

    18. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  18. The deep peroneal nerve innervates the peroneus longus

    19. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  19. The peroneus tertius inserts on the proximal phalanx of the 5 digit of the foot

    20. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  20. The tibialis anterior, which is innervated by the deep peroneal nerve, can invert the foot

    21. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  21. Blood supply for the extensor digitorum longus is from the anterior tibial artery

    22. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  22. The peroneus longus, which can evert the foot, inserts on the fifth metatarsal of the foot

    23. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  23. The plantaris muscle originates on the lateral condyle of the femus and inserts on the medial malleolus

    24. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  24. Flexion of the leg may involve the semimembranosus, senitendinosus, biceps femoris, soleus, plantaris and gastrocnemius muscles

    25. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  25. Cutting the tibial nerve will result in loss of all ability to flex the toes

    26. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  26. The extensor digitorum longus muscle can invert the foot

    27. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  27. The flexor digitorum longus attaches to the tibia bone and passes posterior to the lateral malleolus

    28. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  28. The quadratus plantae muscle is deep to the flexor digitorum brevis muscle

    29. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  29. The abductor hallucis muscle is superficial to the flexor hallucis brevis muscle

    30. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  30. Looking at the medial malleolus, the proper order of tendons from anterior to posterior is: tibialis posterior, flexor digitorum longus and flexor hallucis brevis

    31. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  31. The tendon of the peroneus tertius passes deep to the peroneal retinacula

    32. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  32. The lumbricals of the foot extend the distal phalanges and flex the proximal phalanges

    33. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  33. The abductor digiti minimi, which is attached to the calcaneus bone, is innervated by the lateral plantar nerve

    34. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  34. The flexor digitorum brevis can flex the 5th digit of the foot

    35. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  35. Cutting the lateral plantar nerve will affect movement of the great toe

    36. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  36. The dorsal interossei abduct toes

    37. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  37. As part of the cruciate anastomosis, the inferior gluteal artery anastomoses with the medial femoral circumflex artery on the posterior side of the femur

    38. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  38. In the cruciate anastomosis, blood from the first perforating branch of the femoral artery can flow to a femoral circumflex artery

    39. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  39. The descending genicular artery is connected to the medial superior genicular artery

    40. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  40. The femoral artery becomes the popliteal artery at the adductor hiatus, which is found in the adductor longus muscle

    41. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  41. The lateral edge of the femoral triangle is formed by the sartorius muscle and just inferior to the inguinal ligament the femoral artery is lateral to the femoral vein

    42. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  42. The common peroneal nerve is made of nerve fibers from L4-S3

    43. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  43. The lumbricals of the foot attach to the tendons of the flexor digitorum brevis

    44. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  44. The anterior tibial artery can be found lateral to the tibia and medial to the fibula bones

    45. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  45. The posterior tibial artery ends on the plantar side of the foot. It bifurcates into the medial and lateral plantar arteries

    46. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  46. The deep plantar artery is a branch of the anterior tibial artery

    47. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  47. Cutting L1-L3 would cause partial paralysis of the adductor magnus muscle

    48. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  48. The lumbar plexus roots lie on the anterior surface of the psoas muscle

    49. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  49. The superior gluteal nerve and its branches can be found on the deep surface of the gluteus medius

    50. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  50. Part of the sciatic nerve runs on the posterior side of the quadratus femoris muscle and part of the sciatic nerve runs on the anterior surface of the piriformis muscle

    51. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

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