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Practical EXAM notes - Lower limb, gluteal region, thigh, knee, leg, osteo

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This document covers EVERYTHING you need to know to ace your practical exam on the following sections of this course!! - Lower limb - Function, nerves, gluteal region, thigh osteology - Knee - Leg - Thigh Very detailed and organized notes categorized in sections of content!

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Test #2 Practical Notes



OSTEOLOGY

-​ Head (fovea - depression in head of femur)
-​ Neck
-​ Intertrochanteric line (anterior), intertrochanteric crest (posterior)
-​ Quadrate tubercle (½ way point on intertrochanteric crest)
-​ Greater trochanter, lesser trochanter
Femur -​ Medial condyle, lateral condyle, medial epicondyle, lateral epicondyle
-​ Linea aspera​
→ Pectineal line - goes to greater trochanter​
→ Gluteal tuberosity - goes to lesser trochanter​
→ Medial supracondylar line, lateral supracondylar line​
→ Trochanteric fossa

-​ Tibial tuberosity
-​ Medial condyle, lateral condyle
Tibia -​ Medial malleolus (only on tibia)
-​ Intercondylar eminence (between condyles)
-​ Soleal line (posterior)

-​ Lateral malleolus (only on fibula)
Fibula -​ Head
-​ Shaft
-​ Lateral malleolar fossa (flattened surface)

-​ Ischial tuberosity
-​ Ischial spine
Pelvis -​ ASIS (anterior superior iliac spine)
-​ AIIS (anterior inferior iliac spine)
-​ Pubic bone
-​ Gluteal lines (posterior, anterior, inferior)

“Tiger Cubs Need MILC”
-​ Talus bone
-​ Calcaneus bone
-​ Navicular bone
-​ 3 cuneiforms (medial, intermediate, lateral)
-​ Cuboid

Foot -​ Metatarsals
-​ Phalanages

JOINTS
-​ Metatarsophalangeal joint
-​ Proximal interphalangeal joint
-​ Distal interphalangeal joint

, LEG

Anterior Lateral Posterior
(between medial and lateral (lateral malleolus side) (medial malleolus side)
malleolus - front of leg)

1.​ Tibialis anterior 1.​ Fibularis 1.​ Gastrocnemius - medial
2.​ Extensor digitorum longus and lateral heads
longus 2.​ Fibularis 2.​ Soleus (directly
3.​ Extensor hallucis brevis underneath
longus gastrocnemius)
3.​ Plantaris (very thin and
SUPER between gastroc. and
soleus)
DEEP 4.​ Popliteus (below
popliteal surface)

1.​ Tibialis posterior
2.​ Flexor hallucis longus
3.​ Flexor digitorum longus

For deep muscles only!!**

“Down the hatch” - medial to
lateral off medial malleolus side

“Tom, dick, harry” - directly
beside medial malleolus

NOTES - Fibularis longus sits - Going to pin muscle belly of
on top of fibularis plantaris on practical
brevis - All superficial muscles need to
be reflected to see deep muscles

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