Mod 9- Nerves of lower extremith

The femoral nerve is responsible for what movement in the hip

Hip flexion with contribution to abduction adduction and knee extensoin

The Femoral Nerve supplies the

• liacus

• pectinius

• sartorius

Femoral Nerve; Clinical Relevance if something went wrong (4)

• Loss of hip flexion

• loss of knee extension

• weakened hip abduction

• weakened hip adduction

Sensory innervation to the thigh is provided by the

• Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve

• Cutaneous Branches of the Femoral and Saphenous Nerve

• Superior to the knee are the Femoral Branches

  • Inferior to the knee are Saphenous branches

True or False: Inferior to the knee are Femoral Branches

False, Superior

True or False: Inferior to the knee are Saphenous branches

True

Injury to which nerve causes Meralgia Paresthetica?

Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve

Obturator Nerve, motor innervations to (6)

• Gracilis

• Adductor brevis

• adductor longus

• adductor magnus

• obturator externus

• occasionally the pectinous

Obturator Nerve, Clinical relevance if something went wrong

Almost complete loss of adduction

Nerves of the Sacral Plexus (7)

• Nerve to Piriformus

• Nerve to Quadratus Femoris

• Nerve to Obturator Internus

• Posterior Femoral Cutaneus Nerve

• Superior Gluteal Nerve

• Ingerior Gluteal Nerve

• Sciatic Nerve