• citation needed] It winds around the medial side of the femur to pass along the posterior aspect of the femur. (wikipedia.org)
  • Branches of the medial circumflex femoral artery supplying the head and neck of the femur are often torn in femoral neck fractures and in hip dislocation. (wikipedia.org)
  • From there, they penetrate the femur and supply the femoral epiphysis. (medscape.com)
  • As the epiphysis or femoral neck separates from the femoral head, the femoral metaphysis displaces superolaterally and the femur rotates externally. (medscape.com)
  • The ALFN is indicated to stabilize fractures of the femoral shaft, subtrochanteric, ipsilateral neck/shaft and impending pathological fractures, as well as nonunions and malunions of the femur (Fig 1). (aofoundation.org)
  • Conventional antegrade nailing of the femur in this age group is a concern because of the possibility of avascular necrosis of the femoral head. (aofoundation.org)
  • The medial circumflex femoral artery(MCFA) is a medial branch of the profunda femoris artery(PFA), but in some cases it originates from the femoral artery(FA).It is a vital artery supplying the head and neck of femur.It is very important to avoid its injury in hip surgeries to prevent necrosis of the femoral head. (ijmhr.org)
  • Anterior hip dislocation is commonly reduced by inline traction and external rotation, with an assistant pushing on the femoral head or pulling the femur laterally to assist reduction. (ochsnerjournal.org)
  • Branches from the external iliac artery form a ring around the neck of the femur, with the lateral femoral circumflex artery going anteriorly and the medial femoral circumflex artery going posteriorly. (ochsnerjournal.org)
  • Here, we report the long-term outcome of a young man treated with open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of the medial wall fracture, a valgus osteotomy of the femur and a restock of the impaction with autologous bone graft. (jocr.co.in)
  • Gluteal tuberosity of femur, medial lip of linea aspera, medial supracondylar ridge, and adductor tubercle. (body-n-muscles.com)
  • An area of the femur (thigh bone) just below the femoral head, which serves as the "ball" portion of the ball-and-socket hip joint. (hipeducation.com)
  • The disease is characterized by idiopathic avascular osteonecrosis of the capital femoral epiphysis of the femoral head leading to an interruption of the blood supply of the head of the femur close to the hip joint. (findmeacure.com)
  • Within the joint is the ligament of the head of the femur (ligamentum teres femoris) (Figs 6.67 & 6.69), which has the form of a flattened cone, the base attaching to the margins of the acetabular fossa and transverse acetabular ligament and the apex to the fovea on the femoral head. (pediagenosis.com)
  • Synovial membrane lines the interior of the capsule and the non-articular surfaces of the joint, clothes the ligament of the head of the femur and is reflected over the retinacular fibres and the femoral neck as far as the head. (pediagenosis.com)
  • Medially, only the thin bone of the acetabular fossa (Figs 6.71 & 6.72) separates the head of the femur from structures within the pelvis that are vulnerable following acetabular fracture accompanied by medial displacement of the femoral head. (pediagenosis.com)
  • A buttress plate in the medial region of the femur neck with cannulated screws offers patients the best biomechanical microenvironment needed for fracture healing without obviously blood-supply disruption, especially in Pauwels type Ⅱ and III. (researchsquare.com)
  • You can see how the veins descend down the leg on the image to the right, which shows how the arteries cascade down the leg and the femur bone, supplying the densest muscular region on the body. (elliottelford.com)
  • The tensor fascia latae runs along the lateral portion of the femur and the inner muscles of the thighs run from medial crest of the pubis bone to the inside of the femur. (elliottelford.com)
  • It curves backwards and medially, passes posterior to the femoral artery, and runs distally, close to the medial aspect of the femur, to the distal third of the thigh, where it perforates the adductor magnus and passes to the back of the thigh. (co.ma)
  • it runs laterally, between the vastus intermedius and the rectus femoris, passes into the substance of the vastus lateralis, winds round the femur, and anastomoses with the ascending and descending branches, with the perforating branches of the profunda, and with the inferior gluteal and medial circumflex arteries. (co.ma)
  • Illustration demonstrating that the blood supply to the femoral head is compromised by subcapital femoral fractures or slipped capital femoral epiphysis. (medscape.com)
  • 1 The major blood supply to the femoral head is the medial femoral circumflex artery. (ochsnerjournal.org)
  • However, the optimal definitive management of such fractures remains controversial and a challenging orthopaedic problem due to the complexity of anatomical relationship and a vulnerable blood supply to the femoral head, which could result in malunion, nonunion, or avascular necrosis 4 - 6 . (researchsquare.com)
  • Damage to the artery following a femoral neck fracture may lead to avascular necrosis (ischemic) of the femoral neck/head. (wikipedia.org)
  • Femoral head avascular necrosis (AVN) is an increasingly common cause of musculoskeletal disability, and it poses a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. (medscape.com)
  • Although patients are initially asymptomatic, avascular necrosis of the femoral head usually progresses to joint destruction, requiring total hip replacement (THR), usually before the fifth decade (see the images below). (medscape.com)
  • Axial computed tomography scan in a patient without avascular necrosis of the femoral head shows prominent and thickened but normal trabeculae (arrow) within the femoral head. (medscape.com)
  • Avascular necrosis of the femoral head. (medscape.com)
  • If this condition were to persist, the femoral head would be at high risk for developing avascular necrosis. (medscape.com)
  • at a cost of more than $1 billion, THRs performed to treat avascular necrosis of the femoral head constitute approximately 25% of the total national costs for THR. (medscape.com)
  • 3 An understanding of the vasculature is important because trauma to the hip can displace the femoral head and interrupt the blood supply, leading to avascular necrosis (AVN). (ochsnerjournal.org)
  • In 12% of the patients, the dislocation is combined with a femoral head fracture (complex dislocations) [1, 2] which could result in severe complications such as avascular necrosis (AVN) and subsequent early secondary osteoarthritis. (jocr.co.in)
  • Legg-Calve-Perthes' disease, ischemic necrosis of the hip, coxa plana, osteochondritis and avascular necrosis of the femoral head , Legg-Perthes Disease or Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease (LCPD). (findmeacure.com)
  • In the MCS group, there were one avascular necrosis, five postoperative nonunion, five implant failure, and two femoral neck shortening. (researchsquare.com)
  • Medial circumflex femoral artery, inferior gluteal artery, 1st - 4th perforating arteries, obturator artery, and some superior muscular branches of popliteal artery. (body-n-muscles.com)
  • many of them terminate in the adductors, others pass through the adductor magnus, and terminate in the hamstrings, where they anastomose with the transverse branch of the medial circumflex and with the proximal muscular branches of the popliteal artery. (co.ma)
  • This causes the distal posterior-superior retinacular arteries and proximal lateral epiphyseal vessels to kink or rotate, compromising the blood flow to the epiphysis. (medscape.com)
  • The atrial and anterior ventricular branches arise at the proximal segment of the circumflex artery and supply the sternocostal (anterior) surface of the left atrium and ventricle. (onteenstoday.com)
  • The orthopaedic surgeon's goals of obtaining and maintaining anatomic reduction until bony union have been addressed by a number of surgical approaches and fixation constructs, including a sliding hip screw device, proximal femoral locking plates, cephalomedullary nails, and multiple cannulated parallel lag screws 7 - 9 . (researchsquare.com)
  • Proximal to the inguinal ligament, the common femoral vein becomes the external iliac vein. (mhmedical.com)
  • b) The lateral circumflex artery (Figs. 778 and 779) springs from the lateral side of the profunda, or occasionally from the femoral artery proximal to the origin of the profunda. (co.ma)
  • L'arteriografia selettiva nelle fratture della testa femorale" [Selective arteriography in femoral head fractures]. (wikipedia.org)
  • A Femoral Neck Stress Fracture (FNSF) is caused by repetitive loading of the femoral neck that leads to either compression side (inferior-medial neck) or tension side (superior-lateral neck) stress fractures. (orthobullets.com)
  • The femoral shaft fractures constitute 1.6% of the pediatric fractures. (ijrsms.com)
  • The rigid intramedullary interlocking nail is a valuable option for the fixation of femoral shaft fractures in an adolescent age group with a good union rate and minimal complications. (ijrsms.com)
  • Indentation fractures of the femoral head have been reported to occur in 35%-55% of patients after traumatic obturator dislocation [3, 4, 5]. (jocr.co.in)
  • Anatomic reduction and stable fixation contribute to satisfactory outcomes in the treatment of nonelderly displaced femoral neck fractures. (researchsquare.com)
  • Femoral neck fractures in healthy nonelderly individuals are relatively uncommon and are usually caused by high energy trauma 1 . (researchsquare.com)
  • 3 proposed that anatomic reduction and fixation, coupled with a medial buttress plate that resists shearing forces, may reduce the historically high complication rate of vertical femoral neck fractures. (researchsquare.com)
  • The retrospective study included 342 patients who underwent femoral neck fractures treated at our institution from April 2012 to February 2018. (researchsquare.com)
  • The blood does not collect within a preexisting space, but rather creates a space at the Fractures of Cranial Base In fractures of the cranial base, the internal carotid artery may be torn, producing an arteriovenous fistula within the cavernous sinus. (gov.gy)
  • For distal locking, two lateral to medial locking screws can be used. (aofoundation.org)
  • It is of major importance to ensure that the wires and drill bits used for the recon screw insertion do not cross the capital femoral physis, and that the distal end of the nail stops 15 mm short of the distal femoral physis. (aofoundation.org)
  • Inferiorly, fascicles insert into the medial aspect of the distal tendon and aponeurosis of BFlh, adjacent to the distal fibres of BFsh 3,6 (Figure 5). (aspetar.com)
  • It arises about 37 mm. (an inch and a half) distal to the inguinal ligament, from the lateral side of the femoral artery. (co.ma)
  • The ALFN has a lateral trochanteric entry point and a double curved configuration (double bend in two planes and additional tip bend) to avoid compromising the ascending branch of the medial femoral circumflex artery near the piriformis fossa. (aofoundation.org)
  • It is an anastomosis between the transverse branch of the lateral circumflex femoral, transverse branch of the medial circumflex, inferior gluteal and first perforating arteries. (onteenstoday.com)
  • The femoral vein runs alongside the femoral artery and also has many branches. (healthline.com)
  • Blood from the medial angle of the eye, nose, and lips usually drains inferiorly through the facial vein, especially when a person is erect. (gov.gy)
  • 2. Intermediate compartment: It transmits the femoral vein. (med-mu.com)
  • Superficial circumflex iliac vein. (med-mu.com)
  • The name of the common femoral veins gets changed at the lower inguinal ligament border at the medial side when the external iliac vein terminates. (medicalpicturesinfo.com)
  • The thigh is perfused by the femoral and obturator arteries and drained by the long saphenous vein ( superficial ) and the femoral vein (deep). (amboss.com)
  • and a posterior arch vein, which arises posterior to the medial malleolus beside the posterior tibial artery. (mhmedical.com)
  • The great saphenous vein then enters the fossa ovalis in the groin to empty into the deep femoral vein. (mhmedical.com)
  • The saphenofemoral junction is marked by four or five prominent branches of the great saphenous vein: the superficial circumflex iliac vein, the external pudendal vein, the superficial epigastric vein, and the medial and lateral accessory saphenous veins. (mhmedical.com)
  • Injury during saphenous vein harvest for bypass produces neuropathic pain or numbness along the medial calf and foot. (mhmedical.com)
  • At the knee, these paired high-capacitance veins merge to form the popliteal vein, which continues proximally as the femoral vein. (mhmedical.com)
  • At the inguinal ligament, the femoral and deep (profunda) femoral veins join medial to the femoral artery to form the common femoral vein. (mhmedical.com)
  • It is separated from the femoral artery by its own vein, by the femoral vein, and by the adductor longus muscle. (co.ma)
  • Compression of the left common ILIAC VEIN by the right common ILIAC ARTERY against the underlying fifth LUMBAR VERTEBRA is the typical underlying malformation. (lookformedical.com)
  • The hepatic, splenic, and left gastric arteries may arise directly from the aorta, a condition which is due to the retention of a greater number of the splanchnic arteries than usual A double superior mesenteric artery results from the persistence of both the right and left splanchnic vessels from which the superior mesenteric artery is formed, these remaining separate instead of fusing together. (co.ma)
  • D) . Has a blood supply from the terminal branches of the superior mesenteric artery. (mrcoggoal.com)
  • The medial circumflex femoral artery (internal circumflex artery, medial femoral circumflex artery) is an artery in the upper thigh that arises from the profunda femoris artery. (wikipedia.org)
  • Muscles in the medial thigh help to bring the thigh toward the midline of the body and rotate it. (healthline.com)
  • Nerve supply to the thigh comes from various lumbar and sacral nerves via the femoral, obturator, and common peroneal nerves. (healthline.com)
  • Branches of the femoral artery supply the thigh with oxygen-rich blood. (healthline.com)
  • A branch of the femoral artery that travels more deeply along the length of the thigh, carrying oxygenated blood to the muscles of the thigh. (hipeducation.com)
  • A large artery continuing from the external iliac artery that provides the main blood supply to the thigh and lower leg. (hipeducation.com)
  • The femoral nerve is the largest branch of this plexus and extends down the front of the leg, the Sciatic nerve extends down the back of the leg from the sacrum, and the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh, which crosses the top of the thigh. (elliottelford.com)
  • Blood supply to the posterior compartment of the thigh is supplied by which artery? (passmed.uk)
  • The muscles of the thigh are separated by intermuscular septa into the anterior , posterior , and medial (adductor) compartments, all of which are enclosed by the fascia lata. (amboss.com)
  • The medial femoral circumflex artery arises from the posteromedial aspect of the profunda femoris artery. (wikipedia.org)
  • The femoral triangles were dissected ,the femoral artery and its main branch, the profunda femoris artery were exposed completely. (ijmhr.org)
  • The lateral and medial circumflex branches of the PFA were dissected and identified.The origin of the MCFA from the profunda femoris and variations present in its origin were studied and photographed. (ijmhr.org)
  • The origin of profunda femoris artery,its branches and diameter of the femoral artery. (ijmhr.org)
  • Munteanu I, Burcoveanu C, Andriescu L,Oprea D. The anatomical variants of the profunda femoris artery and its collaterals.Rev Med ChirSoc Med Nat lasi, 1998;102:156-159. (ijmhr.org)
  • Variations in the origins of the profunda femoris, medial and lateral circumflex arteries:a cadaver study in the Indian population. (ijmhr.org)
  • A study of variations in the origin of profunda femoris artery and its circumflex branches. (ijmhr.org)
  • The largest branch of the femoral artery is the deep femoral artery, also called the profunda femoris. (healthline.com)
  • Vessel diameters, branch configurations, and relative distances between the inguinal ligament, PFA, lateral circumflex femoral artery (LCFA), and medial circumflex femoral artery (MCFA) were recorded. (lsuhsc.edu)
  • 3. Medial compartment: It contains the fatty connective tissue and deep inguinal lymph nodes. (med-mu.com)
  • It supplies the sub-inguinal glands and the integument, and anastomoses with its fellow of the opposite side, with the inferior epigastric, and with the superficial circumflex iliac and superficial external pudendal arteries. (co.ma)
  • The pulmonary trunk is a vessel that arises from the right ventricle of the heart, extends upward, and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries that carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs. (medcaretips.com)
  • When the right common carotid artery arises separately from the arch of the aorta, it may be the first, or, much more rarely, the second branch. (co.ma)
  • not uncommonly, and apparently because of the fusion of the ventral roots of the fourth aortic arches, it arises from a stem common to it and to the right common carotid and right subclavian arteries. (co.ma)
  • The deep external pudendal artery arises from the medial side of the femoral. (co.ma)
  • Hip dislocations are commonly classified according to the direction of dislocation of the femoral head, either anterior or posterior, and are treated with specific techniques for reduction. (ochsnerjournal.org)
  • A 22-year-old truck driver involved in a ski accident sustained an obturator dislocation of the right hip associated with a femoral head impaction in the weight-bearing zone and a medial wall fracture of the acetabulum. (jocr.co.in)
  • An obturator hip dislocation with a femoral head and a medial wall acetabular fracture is a very rare combination. (jocr.co.in)
  • He sustained an obturator dislocation of the right hip associated with a severe femoral head impaction fracture in the weight-bearing zone and a medial wall fracture of the acetabulum (Fig. 1, 2, 3). (jocr.co.in)
  • Trauma to the hip joint (i.e. fracture or dislocation) can interrupt the flow of blood to the femoral head, leading to osteonecrosis. (mendmyhip.com)
  • The sciatic nerve is located where it could get injured from a backwards dislocation of the femoral head. (alleviatepainclinic.com)
  • The superficial branch The deep branch The acetabular branch The medial femoral circumflex artery (with its branches) supplies arterial blood to several muscles, including: the adductor muscles of the hip, gracilis muscle, pectineus muscle, and external obturator muscle. (wikipedia.org)
  • The first gives branches to the adductor brevis and magnus, biceps femoris and gluteus maximus and anastomoses with the inferior gluteal, medial and lateral femoral circumflex. (passmed.uk)
  • Floor : Iliopsoas, pectineus and adductor longus (from lateral to medial). (med-mu.com)
  • The medial (adductor) compartment, which is innervated by the obturator nerve , contains muscles involved in hip adduction , flexion , and external rotation . (amboss.com)
  • The muscular branches are distributed to the pectineus and the adductor muscles on the medial side, and to the sartorius and the vastus medialis on the lateral side. (co.ma)
  • Anteriorly, the joint is covered by the iliopsoas and the femoral vessels and nerve. (pediagenosis.com)
  • 1. Lateral compartment: It transmits femoral artery and femoral branch of genitofemoral nerve. (med-mu.com)
  • Any of the arteries that arise from a bifurcation of the aorta supplying the pelvic or abdomen. (mcw.edu)
  • Systemic arteries have a common trunk - the aorta which receives blood from the left ventricle. (medcaretips.com)
  • Throughout main arteries emerge from the aorta to supply different regions of the body and further branch for a wider reach. (medcaretips.com)
  • 8. Which of the following correctly describes the flow of blood from the aorta to the right anterior intercostal arteries? (mockdocs.org)
  • From what has already been said, with reference to the branches of the arch of the aorta, it will be noted that the innominate artery may be absent. (co.ma)
  • As a consequence of such modifications in length, the origins of the right common carotid and right subclavian arteries may be situated at a higher or lower level than usual, whilst, in the absence of the innominate artery, both these branches may arise directly from the aorta. (co.ma)
  • The external carotid artery may be absent, or it may, in rare cases, arise directly from the arch of the aorta. (co.ma)
  • The distribution of the systemic arteries is like a ramified tree, the common trunk of which, formed by the aorta, commences at the left ventricle, while the smallest ramifications extend to the peripheral parts of the body and the contained organs (see the image below). (medscape.com)
  • Three branches are given off from the arch of the aorta: the brachiocephalic trunk, the left common carotid artery, and the left subclavian artery. (medscape.com)
  • The brachiocephalic trunk is the largest branch of the arch of the aorta and divides into the right common carotid and right subclavian arteries. (medscape.com)
  • Usually, 9 pairs of posterior intercostal arteries arise from the aorta. (medscape.com)
  • Right coronary artery 6. (onteenstoday.com)
  • The rest of the right coronary artery and its main branch, the posterior descending artery, together with the branches of the circumflex artery, run across the surface of the heart's underside, supplying the bottom portion of the left ventricle and back of the septum. (onteenstoday.com)
  • The left coronary artery (LCA) extends along the coronary sulcus and supplies the left portion of the heart. (onteenstoday.com)
  • What are the two major branches of the left coronary artery? (onteenstoday.com)
  • The " LCX ", or left circumflex artery (or circumflex artery, or circumflex branch of the left coronary artery) is an artery of the heart. (onteenstoday.com)
  • The left anterior descending artery branches off the left coronary artery and supplies blood to the front of the left side of the heart. (onteenstoday.com)
  • The circumflex artery branches off the left coronary artery and encircles the heart muscle. (onteenstoday.com)
  • ØSuperficial epigastric artery. (med-mu.com)
  • It supplies the integument of the lower part of the abdominal wall, the root of the dorsum of the penis in the male, and the region of the mons Veneris in the female, and it anastomoses with its fellow of the opposite side, with the deep external pudendal, with the dorsal artery of the penis, and with the superficial epigastric artery. (co.ma)
  • it then pierces the deep fascia, and terminates in the scrotum, where it anastomoses with the posterior scrotal branches of the perineal and the anterior scrotal branches of the superficial external pudendal arteries, and with the external spermatic branch of the inferior epigastric artery. (co.ma)
  • The external iliac veins are accompanied by external iliac arteries along their entire course, and its tributaries serve as the inferior epigastria and the deep circumflex iliac veins. (medicalpicturesinfo.com)
  • It supplies twigs to the neighbouring muscles, anastomoses with the gluteal, the deep circumflex iliac, and the transverse branch of the lateral circumflex arteries, and, as it ascends along the linea intertrochanterica, it gives off a branch which passes, between the two limbs of the ilio-femoral ligament, into the hip-joint. (co.ma)
  • If MRI or bone scans are necessary, a positive diagnosis relies upon patchy areas of vascularity to the capital femoral epiphysis (the developing femoral head). (findmeacure.com)
  • For the circumflex branch of the posterior tibial artery, see Circumflex fibular artery. (onteenstoday.com)
  • It provides the popliteus with branches and then goes below the medial condyle of the tibia, under the tibial collateral ligament. (innerbody.com)
  • The knee joint is perfused by branches of the femoral and popliteal vessels and innervated by the genicular branches of the femoral, obturator, tibial, and common peroneal nerves. (amboss.com)
  • Two or three venae comitantes accompany each tibial artery. (mhmedical.com)
  • The ascending terminal branch runs proximally and laterally, posterior to the rectus femoris and the tensor fascia latæ, along the linea intertrochanterica, to the anterior borders of the glutai, medius and minimus, between which it passes to anastomose with the deep branches of the superior gluteal artery. (co.ma)
  • The frogleg lateral view is better than anteroposterior (AP) projection for demonstrating this sign, because the anterior and posterior margins of the acetabulum on the AP projection are superimposed over the superior portion of the femoral head, the usual location of the sign. (medscape.com)
  • 12 This scenario occurs when the patient reaches the extremes of the prosthetic range of motion and the femoral neck levers on the acetabular cup, allowing the femoral head to escape from the acetabulum. (ochsnerjournal.org)
  • The femoral head (ball) fits into the acetabulum (socket) of the pelvis. (alleviatepainclinic.com)
  • 6,8 Pincer deformity describes excess coverage of the acetabulum over the femoral head, which can be secondary to coxa profunda or acetabular retroversion. (openmedicalpublishing.org)
  • The hip joint is very stable, largely because of its bony morphology and the deep fit of the femoral head into the acetabulum. (pediagenosis.com)
  • They traverse the femoral neck and are contained within the joint capsule and give rise to the lateral epiphyseal vessels at the junction of the femoral head and neck. (medscape.com)
  • The knowledge of MCFA origin and branching pattern is helpful in preventing iatrogenic injury to these vessels during surgical procedures in the hip joint and femoral triangle. (ijmhr.org)
  • Arteries are the large vessels that carry blood away from the heart. (medcaretips.com)
  • The arteries further give off branches which further divide into smaller branches called arterioles which in their turn open into a close-meshed network of microscopic vessels, termed capillaries. (medcaretips.com)
  • The second artery supplies the posterior femoral muscles and anastomose with the first and third perforating vessels. (passmed.uk)
  • Arteries are the large vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart (except for the pulmonary circuit, in which the arterial blood is deoxygenated). (medscape.com)
  • The arteries, in their distribution, communicate with one another (forming what are called anastomoses) and end in minute vessels, called arterioles, which in their turn open into a close-meshed network of microscopic vessels, termed capillaries, the true deliverers of oxygen and nutrients to the cells. (medscape.com)
  • Anteromedially, it passes between the laminae and through the intervertebral foramina to communicate with the internal vertebral venous plexus and veins around the vertebral artery. (gov.gy)
  • External iliac veins are described as large veins connected between the femoral veins and the common iliac veins. (medicalpicturesinfo.com)
  • Deep veins of the leg parallel the courses of the arteries. (mhmedical.com)
  • Neoplasms located in the vasculature system, such as ARTERIES and VEINS. (lookformedical.com)
  • It delivers most of the arterial supply to the femoral head and femoral neck via branches - the posterior retinacular arteries. (wikipedia.org)
  • The posterior-superior retinacular arteries provide the major blood supply to the epiphysis. (medscape.com)
  • From the femoral attachment of the capsule, retinacular fibres derived from the deep part of the capsule (Fig. 6.67) are reflected medially over the neck to the margins of the head. (pediagenosis.com)
  • The teres ligament connects the top of the femoral head to the tissue inside the acetabular joint and contains a small artery that supplies blood to the femoral head . (mendmyhip.com)
  • The pubofemoral ligament ( Fig. 6.68 ) passes from the iliopubic eminence to the femoral neck just above the lesser trochanter. (pediagenosis.com)
  • The BFlh originates from the lateral quarter of the medial facet of the ischial tuberosity via a thick, round tendon having some connections with a small proportion of the superficial fibres of the sacrotuberous ligament 2,3 (Figures 1 to 3). (aspetar.com)
  • The plantar surface of the calcaneal tuberosity projects forward on the plantar surface as a medial (larger) and lateral (smaller) process and at its most anterior projection is the calcaneal tubercle, where the short plantar ligament attaches. (radiopaedia.org)
  • Here it anastomoses with the medial superior and lateral inferior genicular arteries. (innerbody.com)
  • All the other variations are the results of the obliteration of the usual channels, combined with the enlargement of anastomoses which exist both between the splanchnic arteries of adjacent segments and between the splanchnic and intermediate visceral arteries. (co.ma)
  • The adolescent lateral entry femoral nail is part of the expert nail family, therefore most instrumentation is identical, except for a new insertion handle aiming arm (Fig 3), 13 mm drill sleeve, and 5.0 mm recon screw drill bit. (aofoundation.org)
  • The ALFN's lateral entry point makes the nail insertion safer and diminishes the risk of circumflex artery injury. (aofoundation.org)
  • The ala (or wing) of the ilium presents three surfaces (the gluteal and sacropelvic surfaces and the iliac fossa) separated by three borders (anterior, posterior, and medial, respectively). (dartmouth.edu)
  • The femoral artery is a large blood supplier that starts in the pelvis and travels down the leg to the inside of the knee. (mendmyhip.com)
  • At the anterior border it travels to the front of the medial side of the joint to serve the top portion of the tibia and the articulation of the knee. (innerbody.com)
  • ØFlexion and medial rotation of the leg at knee joint. (med-mu.com)
  • It supplies arterial blood to several muscles in the region, as well as the femoral head and neck. (wikipedia.org)
  • Femoral head collapse usually occurs within 2 years after development of hip pain. (medscape.com)
  • Illustration of the normal circulation of the femoral head, viewed from the posterior approach. (medscape.com)
  • Oide T. Selective Medial circumflex femoral arteriography in idiopathic ischaemic necrosis of femoral head in adults,Nippon SeikeigekaGakkai Zasshi.1979;53:293-305. (ijmhr.org)
  • The combination of traumatic obturator dislocations and a femoral head impaction is rare and the treatment challenging. (jocr.co.in)
  • In general, the treatment of complex hip dislocations depends on the associated fracture (e.g., femoral head fracture, femoral neck fracture, and acetabular fracture). (jocr.co.in)
  • X-rays usually demonstrate a flattened, and later fragmented, femoral head. (findmeacure.com)
  • If the blood supply is not steady enough to keep the femoral head healthy, osteonecrosis can set in. (mendmyhip.com)
  • To make a diagnosis, your doctor may take an x-ray to rule out a fracture (as this is often the cause of limited blood flow to the femoral head). (mendmyhip.com)
  • The first is hip decompression where they drill holes in the area of the hip osteonecrosis to help relieve the pressure on the femoral head. (mendmyhip.com)
  • Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a chronic hip condition caused by femoral head and acetabular malformations resulting in abnormal contact across the joint. (openmedicalpublishing.org)
  • Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a chronic hip condition caused by femoral head and acetabular malformations resulting in irregular forces and contact across the joint and bones. (openmedicalpublishing.org)
  • Cam deformity is from decreased head-neck offset or an abnormally shaped femoral head, with convexities and bony deposition occurring at the head-neck junction, most commonly in the anterosuperior region. (openmedicalpublishing.org)
  • The head surmounts the femoral neck, whose base abuts the medial side of the greater trochanter. (pediagenosis.com)
  • Two common carotid arteries are main suppliers to head and neck. (medcaretips.com)
  • Protruding anteromedially from upper margin of the medial surface is the sustentaculum tali which supports the more posterior part of the head of the talus. (radiopaedia.org)