Term
| what are the muscles of the posterior compartment of the thigh |
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Definition
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Term
| what are the muscles that make up the hamstring |
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Definition
| biceps femoris, semitendinosus, semimembranosus |
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Term
| what innervates the posterior compartment muscles |
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Definition
| tibial division of sciatic nerve except short head of biceps femoris which is the common fibular division |
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Term
| what is the origin of the long head of the biceps femoris |
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Definition
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Term
| what is the origin of the short head of the biceps femoris |
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Definition
| linea aspera and lateral supercondylar line of the femur |
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Term
| what is the isnertion of the biceps femoris |
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Definition
| common tendon on head of fibula |
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Term
| what innervates the biceps femoris long head |
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Definition
| tibial division of sciatic nerve |
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Term
| what innervates the biceps femoris short head |
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Definition
| common fibular part of sciatic n |
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Term
| what is the action of the biceps femoris |
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Definition
| flexion and lateral rotation of the knee, extension at the thigh and hip (long head only) |
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Term
| what is the origin of the semitendinosus |
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Definition
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Term
| what is the insertion of the semitendinosus |
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Definition
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Term
| what is the pes anserinus |
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Definition
| shared expansion between satorius, feacilis, and semitendioisus that all insert on upper medial tibial shaft |
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Term
| what is the innervation of the semitendinosus |
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Definition
| tibial division sciatice nerve |
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Term
| what is the action of the semitendinosus |
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Definition
| flexin and medial rotation of the kneed, extension ot hip |
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Term
| what is the origin of the seminembrenosus |
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Definition
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Term
| what is the insertion of the semimbranosus |
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Definition
| posterior medial condyle of the tibia, some fibers go into the oblique popliteal ligament |
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Term
| where is the oblique popliteal ligament, what does it do |
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Definition
| fibers come out of the tendon to reinforce posterior capsule of the knee joint |
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Term
| what is the innervation of the seminembrenosus |
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Definition
| tibal part of sciatic nerve |
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Term
| what is the action of the seminembrenosus |
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Definition
| flexion and medial rotation of the leg at knee, extension at hip |
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Term
| describe the path of the sciatic nerve |
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Definition
| deep to long biceps femoris, at midline of thig it is overlaped by margins of ciceps femoris and semimembranosus, anterior to adductus magnus |
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Term
| how does the sciatic nerve end |
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Definition
| divides into dibial and common fibular (peroneal) branches |
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Term
| what are the branches of the sciatic nerve |
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Definition
| tibial, common fibular, muscular |
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Term
| what are the muscular branches of the tibial nerve |
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Definition
| long biceps femoris head, semitendinosis, semimembranosus, hamstring part of adductor magnus |
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Term
| what are the muscualr branches of the common fibular n |
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Definition
| short head of the biceps femoris |
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Term
| where is the popliteal fossa located |
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Definition
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Term
| what is the superiolateral wall of the popliteal fossa |
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Definition
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Term
| what is the superiomedial wall of the popliteal fossa |
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Definition
| semimembranosus and semitendinosus |
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Term
| what is the inferior lateral wall of the popliteal fossa |
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Definition
| plantaris and lateral part of gastrochemius |
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Term
| what is the inferior medial wall of the popliteal fossa |
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Definition
| medial head off the gastrochemius |
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Term
| what is the poterior wall / roof of the popliteal fossa |
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Definition
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Term
| what is the anterior wall / floor of the popliteal fossa |
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Definition
| femur surface, posterior knee joint 9articular capsule), popliteus muscle |
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Term
| what are the contents of the popliteal fossa |
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Definition
| popliteal vessels, termination of small saphenous v, tibial n, common fibular n, terminal posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh, genicular branch of obturator n posterior branch, popliteal nodes |
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Term
| where does the popliteal a begin |
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Definition
| at adductor hiatus form the femoral a |
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Term
| where does the popliteal a end |
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Definition
| at the inferior popliteus muscle then divides into anterior and posterior tibial a |
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Term
| where is the popliteal a in the popliteal fossa |
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Definition
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Term
| where is the tibial nerve in relation to the popliteal a |
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Definition
| the nerve is posterior and lateral |
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Term
| what are the branches of the popliteal a |
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Definition
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Term
| what are the muscular branches of the popliteal a |
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Definition
| gastrocnemius, soleus, plantaris, distal hamstring |
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Term
| what are the genicular branches |
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Definition
| 2 superior (medial and lateral), 2 inferior (medial and lateral), 1 middle |
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Term
| what does the genicular artery supply |
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Definition
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Term
| what forms the popliteal vein |
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Definition
| anterior and posterior tibial vein |
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Term
| where does the popliteal vein end |
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Definition
| adductor hiatus renamed into femoral v |
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Term
| what are the branches of the popliteal v |
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Definition
| correspond to the popliteal a, gets smaller scaphenous v |
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Term
| what surrounds the popliteal nodes |
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Definition
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Term
| what do the popliteal nodes recieve |
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Definition
| superificial vessels from lateral foot and leg by small scaphenous vein, vessels with anterior and posterior tibial vessels (deep foot and leg) |
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Term
| where do the efferent vessesl from the popliteal nodes go |
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Definition
| popliteal and femoral vessels to deep inguinal nodes |
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Term
| describe the path of the tibial nerve |
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Definition
| enters posterior compartment via the popliteal fossa deep to arch of soleus muscle |
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Term
| what are the branches of the tibial nerve in the popliteal fossa |
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Definition
| muscular, articular to knee, medial sural cutaneous |
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Term
| what are the muscular branches of the tibial nerve |
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Definition
| medial and lateral gastrochemius, soleus, plantaris, popliteus |
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Term
| what does the medial sural cutaneous branch do |
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Definition
| joins sural communicating branch from the lateral sural cutaneous nerve making the sural nerve |
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Term
| what is the sural nerve by |
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Definition
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Term
| describe the path of the sural nerve |
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Definition
| between 2 heads of the gastrocinemius, posterior to calcaneal tendon, posterior then inferior to lateral malleolus, to the lateral border of the foor and little toe |
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Term
| what does the sural nerve supply |
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Definition
| skin of posterior lateral leg, lateral foot and toe border |
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Term
| describe the path of the common fibular n |
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Definition
| inferior and lateral in popliteal fossa by medial biceps femoris, leaves fossa superior to lateral head of fastrocenemius, lateral to fibular neck, deep to fibularis longus |
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Term
| what are the branches of the common fibular n |
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Definition
| superificial and deep fibular, lateral sural cutanrous |
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Term
| what does the lateral sural cutaneous nerve supply |
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Definition
| skin of upper lateral leg |
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Term
| what are the branches of the lateral sural cutaneous n |
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Definition
| sural communicating branch, articular branch to knee |
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Term
| what does the sural commonicating branch do |
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Definition
| join medial sural cutaneous forming sural nerve |
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