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Practice Questions for Anatomy Lecture 5
What vein is the longest one in the body, it ascends anterior to medial
malleolus, passes posterior to medial condyle of femur, and empties into the
femoral vein at the femoral triangle?
a. Short saphenous vein
b. Great saphenous vein
c. Obturator vein
d. Anterior tibial vein
What nerve lies along the above vein?
a. Sural nerve
b. Saphenous nerve
c. Obturator nerve
d. Tibial nerve
What vein arises on the lateral side of the foot from the union of the dorsal
vein of the little toe with the dorsal venous arch, ascends posterior to lateral
malleolus, passes along lateral border of calcaneal tendon, ascends between
the heads of the gastrocnemius muscle and empties into the popliteal vein in
the popliteal fossa?
a. Short saphenous vein
b. Great saphenous vein
c. Obturator vein
d. Anterior tibial vein
What nerve lies along the above vein and is inferior to the lateral malleolus?
a. Sural nerve
b. Saphenous nerve
c. Obturator nerve
d. Tibial nerve
What vein is on the anterior aspect of the leg?
a. Posterior tibial and fibular v.
b. Perforating vein
c. Fibular v.
d. Anterior tibial vein
The above vein flows into the popliteal vein posterior to the knee which then
becomes the femoral vein along with what other vein?
a. Posterior tibial and fibular v.
b. Perforating vein
c. Fibular v.
d. Anterior tibial vein
Is the posterior tibial vein or the fibular vein more medial in the posterior
compartment of the leg?
a. Posterior tibial vein
b. Fibular vein
The lateral sural cutaneous nerve and the medial sural cutaneous nerve
combine to form the sural nerve. What does the sural nerve innervate?
a. Supply skin of anterior and medial aspects of leg
b. Skin on medial side of leg and foot
c. Skin of posterolateral leg and lateral margin of foot
d. skin of anterolateral leg and dorsum of foot
9. What does the lateral sural cutaneous nerve originate from?
a. Common fibular nerve
b. Tibial nerve
c. Both
10. What does the medial sural cutaneous nerve originate from?
a. Common fibular nerve
b. Tibial nerve
c. Both
11. Which nerve originates from the common fibular nerve (L5) and innervates
the skin of web between the great and 2nd toes?
a. Sural nerve
b. Deep fibular nerve
c. Superficial fibular nerve
d. Saphenous nerve
12. Which nerve originates from the common fibular nerve (L4-S1) and
innervates the skin of the anterolateral leg and dorsum of the foot, except for
the web between the great and 2nd toes?
a. Sural nerve
b. Deep fibular nerve
c. Superficial fibular nerve
d. Saphenous nerve
13. What vein is used for coronary bypass surgery and can cause pain on the
medial side of the foot when “cut down” and the nerves weren’t well
protected?
a. Small saphenous vein
b. Great saphenous vein
c. Anterior tibial vein
d. Popliteal vein
e. Fibular vein
14. What nerve could be damaged in the above procedure that innervates the
skin on the medial side of the leg and foot?
a. Sural nerve
b. Deep fibular nerve
c. Superficial fibular nerve
d. Saphenous nerve
15. This is the chief flexor of the thigh and is where the L1-L4 ventral rami of the
lumbar plexus is formed:
a. Iliacus
b. Psoas major
c. Psoas minor
d. Obturator externus
16. If a patient has a lesion on the obturator nerve what will that patient have
difficulty doing?
a. Abducting the thigh
b. Extending the thigh
c. Flexing the thigh
d. Adducting the thigh
17. What muscle originates at the ASIS?
a. Sartorius
b. Rectus femoris
c. Vastus lateralis
d. A and B
e. B and C
18. If a patient has a lesion on their femoral nerve (L2-L4) what will they have
difficulty doing?
a. Extending the thigh and extending knee
b. Extending the thigh and flexing knee
c. Flexing the thigh and extending knee
d. Flexing the thigh and flexing the knee
19. What is the chief extensor of the thigh?
a. Vastus lateralis
b. Vastus medialis
c. Vastus intermedius
d. Rectus femoris
e. Sartorius
20. Which part of the adductor magnus attaches the ischial tuberosity and is
responsible for extending the thigh?
a. Ischiocondylar
b. Pubofemoral
21. Which part of the adductor magnus is innervated by the tibial division of the
sciatic nerve rather than the obturator nerve as the rest of the muscles in the
medial compartment are innervated by?
a. Ischiochondylar
b. Pubofemoral
22. Which of the adductor magnus attaches to the ischiopubic ramus and acts to
flex the thigh and is innervated by the obturator nerve?
a. Ischiocondylar
b. Pubofemoral
23. Which of following cutaneous nerves of the thigh that are derived from the
lumbar plexus is the anterior division of L2-L4?
a. Obturator nerve
b. Femoral nerve
24. Which of the above nerves primarily innervates the anterior compartment?
a. Obturator n.
b. Femoral n.
25. Which of the above nerves innervates muscles that act to adduct the thigh?
a. Obturator n.
b. Femoral n.
26. What muscle is the chief flexor of the thigh and acts to lift the limb and
initiate its forward swing during walking?
a. Sartorius
b. Iliopsoas
c. Pectineus
d. Rectus femoris
27. What muscle acts flex, abduct and laterally rotate the thigh. It is innervated
by the femoral nerve. (hint: origin is ASIS)
a. Sartorius
b. Iliopsoas
c. Pectineus
d. Rectus femoris
28. What muscle is the chief extensor of the leg and is the only quadriceps
muscle to cross the hip joint and cause flexion at the hip joint? (hint: origin is
ASIS)
a. Sartorius
b. Iliopsoas
c. Pectineus
d. Rectus femoris
29. How many medial thigh muscles are there?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7
e. 8
30. All of the medial thigh muscles are innervated by what nerve?
a. Femoral nerve
b. Obturator nerve
c. Saphenous nerve
d. Sural nerve
31. What muscle is the exception to the above innervation?
a. Pectineus
b. Adductor longus
c. Adductor brevis
d. Adductor magnus
e. gracilis
32. What adductor muscle is the only one to cross the knee joint and is most
medial and can be used to transplant with its nerve and blood vessels to the
face?
a. Pectineus
b. Adductor longus
c. Adductor brevis
d. Adductor magnus
e. gracilis
33. Put the contents of the femoral triangle in order from lateral to medial:
a. Femoral nerve, a, v, lymph nodes
b. Femoral a, v, n, lymph nodes
c. Lymph nodes, v, a, n.
d. Femoral v, a, lymph nodes, n.
34. The femoral artery is the chief arterial supply to the lower limb.
a. True
b. False
35. If you take a catheter from the femoral artery up to the heart, what side of the
heart would it go into?
a. Right
b. Left
36. What is the chief arterial supply to the thigh?
a. femoral artery
b. profunda femoral artery
37. If a patient comes into the ED with a vast amount of bledding and you need to
ligate the femoral artery, will there still be blood flow to the inferior portion
of the leg?
a. Yes
b. No
38. The lateral compartment of the femoral sheath has what in it?
a. Femoral artery
b. Femoral vein
c. Femoral nerve
d. None of the above
39. The intermediate compartment of the femoral sheath has what in it?
a. Femoral artery
b. Femoral vein
c. Femoral nerve
d. None of the above
40. The medial or femoral canal of the femoral sheath has what in it?
a. Femoral artery
b. Femoral vein
c. Femoral nerve
d. None of the above
41. In this injury, the free tibia slides anteriorly under a fixed femur:
a. ACL
b. PCL
c. MCL
d. LCL
42. When in _____ it is difficult to sprain your ankle because the talus wedges into
the space between the malleoli as they spread:
a. Dorsiflexion
b. Plantarflexion
43. What is the action of the posterior compartment of the leg?
a. Plantarflexion and inversion
b. Plantarflexion and eversion
c. Dorsiflexion and inversion
d. Dorsiflexion and eversion
44. The posterior compartment is responsible for what part of the gait?
a. Midstance
b. Terminal stance (heel off)
c. Pre-swing (toe-off)
d. All of the above
45. How many superficial muscles are part of the posterior compartment?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
46. If a patient ruptures their calcaneal tendon, what will they not be able to do?
a. Dorsiflex fully
b. Plantarflex fully
47. Which muscle has its distal attachment at the calcaneal tendon?
a. Gastrocnemius (lateral and medial heads)
b. Soleus
c. Triceps surae
d. A and B
e. All of the above
48. Even if you ruptured your calcaneal tendon, you would still be able to
plantarflex, if not only weakly.
a. True
b. false
49. This muscle aids in proprioreception for larger plantar flexor muscles:
a. Gastrocnemius
b. Soleus
c. Plantaris
d. Popliteus
50. You want to only work on building up your muscle mass of your soleus, how
would you do this without also working your gastrocnemius?
a. Stand and do calf raises
b. Seated calf raises
c. both
51. What is the main action of the deep muscles of posterior compartment of the
leg?
a. Dorsiflexion
b. Plantarflexion
c. Toe-off
d. Heal-off
52. What muscle of the deep muscles of the posterior compartment is the main
invertor?
a. Tibialis posterior
b. Flexor digitorum longus
c. Flexor hallucis longus
53. All muscles of the posterior compartment of the leg are innervated by what
nerve?
a. Common fibular nerve
b. Tibial nerve
c. Sural nerve
d. Saphenous nerve
54. What is the blood supply for the posterior compartment muscles of the leg?
a. Posterior tibial artery
b. Popliteal artery
c. Anterior tibial artery
d. Fibular artery
55. How many joints are in the foot?
a. 26
b. 28
c. 30
d. 32
56. Eversion and inversion of the foot is at what joint?
a. Intertarsal joint
b. Tarsometatarsal joint
c. Metatarsophalangeal joint
d. Interphalangeal joint
e. A and B
f. C and D
57. Flexion and extension of the toes is at what joint?
a. Intertarsal joint
b. Tarsometatarsal joint
c. Metatarsophalangeal joint
d. Interphalangeal joint
e. A and B
f. C and D
58. This joint has an oblique axis for inversion and eversion and has a synovial
articulation between the talus and calcaneus:
a. Transverse tarsal joint
b. Subtalar joint
c. Tarsometatarsal joint
d. Interphalangeal joint
e. Metatarsophalangeal joint
59. This ligament on the plantar aspect of the foot is also called the spring
ligament:
a. Plantar calcaneocuboid ligament
b. Plantar calcaneonavicular ligament
c. Long plantar ligament
60. This ligament on the plantar aspect of the foot is also called the short
ligament:
a. Plantar calcaneocuboid ligament
b. Plantar calcaneonavicular ligament
c. Long plantar ligament
61. Which of the following nerves of the foot are motor:
a. Tibial
b. Deep fibular
c. Superficial fibular
d. A and B
e. B and C
62. All of the following are sensory nerves of the foot except:
a. Tibial
b. Deep fibular
c. Superficial fibular
d. Saphenous
e. Sural
f. None of the above
63. The terminal branch of the anterior tibial artery goes on to become what in
the foot?
a. Plantar arteries
b. Dorsalis pedis a.
64. The terminal branch of the posterior tibial artery goes on to become what in
the foot?
a. Plantar arteries
b. Dorsalis pedis a.
65. Which plantar artery gives rise to the plantar arterial arch?
a. Medial plantar a.
b. Lateral plantar a.
66. How many plantar interossei muscles are there?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. none on the plantar surface
67. How many dorsal interossei muscles are there?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. none on the dorsal surface
68. The innervation for the plantar of the foot arises from what nerve?
a. Saphenous nerve
b. Tibial nerve
c. Anterior tibial nerve
d. Posterior tibial nerve
e. C and D
69. What nerve runs all the way from the 1st metatarsal to the femoral nerve in
the femoral triangle?
a. Saphenous nerve
b. Tibial nerve
c. Anterior tibial nerve
d. Posterior tibial nerve
e. C and D
70. What acts to prevent the tendons of the anterior compartment of the leg from
bowstringing during dorsiflexion?
a. Superior extensor retinaculum
b. Inferior extensor retinaculum
c. Fibular retinaculum
d. Tibial retinaculum
e. A and B
71. What tendons extend onto the plantar of the foot?
a. Fibularis longus tendon
b. Tibialis anterior
c. Tibialis posterior
d. A and B
e. A and C
72. How many muscles are in the anterior compartment of the leg?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7
73. What is the main action of the muscles in the lateral compartment of the leg?
a. Plantarflexion and inversion
b. Plantarflexion and eversion
c. Dorsiflexion and inversion
d. Dorsiflexion and eversion
74. What is the main action of the muscles in the anterior compartment of the
leg?
a. Dorsiflex at ankle, extend at toes
b. Dorsiflex at ankle, flex at toes
c. Plantarflex at ankle, extend at toes
d. Platarflex at ankle, flex at toes
75. The anterior compartment muscles have 25% of the muscle strength as the
muscles of the posterior compartment. (dorsiflexion vs. plantarflexion)
a. True
b. False
76. What muscle of the anterior compartment of the leg is most medial and
superficial that attaches to the far medial side of the foot?
a. Tibials anterior
b. Extensor digitorum longus
c. Extensor hallucis longus
d. Fibulars tertius
77. What is the innervation of the muscles in the anterior compartment of the
leg?
a. Superficial fibular nerve (L5-S2)
b. Deep fibular nerve (L4-L5)
c. Deep fibular nerve (L5 or S1 or both)
d. Tibial nerve
78. What is the innervation of the muscles of the dorsum of the foot?
a. Superficial fibular nerve (L5-S2)
b. Deep fibular nerve (L4-L5)
c. Deep fibular nerve (L5 or S1 or both)
d. Tibial nerve
79. What is the innervation of the lateral compartment of the leg?
a. Superficial fibular nerve (L5-S2)
b. Deep fibular nerve (L4-L5)
c. Deep fibular nerve (L5 or S1 or both)
d. Tibial nerve
80. The anterior tibial nerve goes down the anterior compartment of the leg and
at the dorsum of the foot becomes the dorsalis pedis a. and then forms the
arcuate a. at the base of the metatarsals.
a. True
b. False
81. What is the blood supply to anterior compartment of the leg?
a. Posterior tibial a.
b. Anterior tibial a.
c. Femoral a.
d. Fibular a.
82. What is the most commonly sprained ligament of the ankle?
a. Anterior talofibular ligament
b. Posterior talofibular ligament
c. Calcaneofibular ligament
83. Eversion is necessary for holding down medial margins of foot during toe-off
and to prevent excessive inversion. What compartment of muscles would do
this?
a. Anterior
b. Posterior
c. Medial
d. Lateral
84. There is no blood supply going through the lateral compartment of the leg
and therefore it must gets it arterial supply indirectly via perforating
branches from fibular and anterior tibial arteries
a. True
b. False
85. What is the most commonly injured nerve in the lower limb that can be
caused by a fracture of the fibular neck or knee injury that results in flaccid
paralysis of all anterior and lateral compartment muscles. No dorsiflexion
would result in footdrop because no ground clearance.
a. Tibial nerve
b. Common fibular nerve
c. Sciatic nerve
d. Femoral nerve
86.