Lower Limb - 3

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The scaphoid and which foot bone both have a retrograde blood supply in common?

Name for the thick layer of fascia enclosing the thigh?

Name for the sieve like connective tissue (fascia) that is pierced by the saphenous vein so that it can enter the femoral vein?

A tract on the lateral side of the thigh which is continuos with the tensor fasciae latae muscle.

What is the full name of the main group of 4 muscles in the thigh?

Which one of this group is the only one not to have vastus in its name?

And where does this ones main head originate from? (Not the upper acetabular margin as that is not the main head)

Both vastus medialis and lateralis suprisingly share an origin, what is it called?

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What muscle from the anterior compartment originates from ASIS?

It is involved in all but one of these actions, which is wrong? Flexion of the hip, lateral rotation of the hip, extension of the knee, and medial rotation of the knee.

What is the superior border of the femoral triangle, given that the medial border is adductor longus and the lateral border is sartorius?

The floor of the femoral triangle is formed by pectineus, psoas major and what other muscle?

What major structure runs through the femoral triangle but not in the femoral sheath?

In the medial compartment of the thigh there are 6 muscles all of which are adductors except?

What action does it facilitate?