Muscles of the Pelvic limb with clinical applications

What are the five muscles that make up the common calcanean tendon?

The tendon of the gastrocnemius is crossed laterally by the tendon of the SDF

What is a characteristic sign of a partial tear of the common calcanean tendon?

Which condition is indicated by a plantigrade stance?

Which tendon is primarily associated with a partial tear resulting from its insertion on the tuber calcaneus?

What would most likely be absent in a complete rupture of the common calcanean tendon?

What signifies that all tendons of the common calcanean tendon are ruptured?

List the 7 regions of the pelvic limb muscles

Which of the following is a major flexor of the hip?

Match to the actions to the appropriate regions of the pelvic limb.

What are the two retinaculum of the hindlimb?

Match to craniolateral crus muscles to correct origin.

Match the craniolateral crus muscles to correct insertion

The vastus lateralis, vastus medialis and vastus intermedius all originate where?

The quadriceps muscle insert on the __________

Why does the rectus femoris have two actions?

Which of the following caudal hip muscles has two actions?

The craniolateral crus muscles all have two actions. One of the two actions is the same for all muscles. What is this action?

Match the action of the craniolateral crus muscles

Match the origin of the caudal crus muscles.

Match the insertion for the correct caudal crus muscles

Match the actions to correct caudal crus muscle

What is saddle thrombus commonly associated with in dogs and cats?

Cold or cool limbs are a clinical sign of saddle thrombus.

What color may the paw pads appear in dogs and cats with saddle thrombus?

Saddle thrombus is a clot that sits where the aorta branches near the __________.

The pudendal nerve provides somatic motor to the musculature of the _____________ and ________

The pudendal nerve also provides sensory innervation to the perineal region. What are these sensory regions?

List the signs of a damaged pudendal nerve. (Hint 4)

The obturator nerve supples the abductor mm. of the pelvic limb

If the obturator nerve is damaged, what would be the clinical signs?

The femoral nerve supplies the (flexor/extensors) of the hip and (flexor/extensors) of the stifle.

What clinical signs would indicate damage to the femoral nerve?

A damaged femoral nerve allows the animal to easily bear weight on its stifle.

What nerve is responsible for cutaneous sensation in the region affected by a damaged femoral nerve?

In cases of femoral nerve damage, the animal is unable to fix the __________.

Match the clinical signs with the corresponding effects of a damaged femoral nerve:

What are examples of causes of damage to the sciatic nerve? (Hint: 5)

The common perineal nerve supplies the ______ of the tarsus and _____ of the digits, respectively.

What would happen if the motor innervation of the common peroneal nerve was damaged?

The common peroneal nerve provides motor and sensory innervation. What would be seen if there was loss of sensation due to a damaged peroneal nerve?

The tibial nerve provides motor and sensory innervation. What areas does it supply?

The tibial nerve is the inverse of the ____________ nerve.

If the tibial nerve was severed or damaged, what would be the sensory and motor signs of damage?

When a pudendal nerve block needs to be done, where is the site of administration?

Where on the pelvic limb would you administer a femoral nerve block?

Where should a sciatic nerve block be administered?