Top 250+ Solved Lower Limb MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Posterior tibial artery:
a. arises at the upper border of popliteus
b. has no accompanying sympathetic nerve plexus
c. lies posterior to flexor longus digitorum under flexor retinaculum
d. lies on peroneus brevis for part of its course
e. all of the above
Q. Flexor longus digitorum:
a. crosses deep to tibialis posterior in calf
b. crosses superficial to flexor longus hallucis in sole
c. is an evertor of the foot
d. supplied by musculocutaneous nerve
e. supplied by L5 nerve root
Q. The long saphenous vein:
a. lies deep to the deep fascia only near its termination
b. normally drains blood from deep veins
c. communicates with the deep venous system only indirectly
d. normally receives blood from the deep venous system
e. has no valves other than at saphenofemoral junction
Q. Concerning the talus:
a. blood supply to body enters only through the dorsum of the neck
b. superior articular facet is broader posteriorly than anteriorly
c. articulates with cuboid
d. has no muscles attached
e. all of the above
Q. Concerning the ankle:
a. movements of dorsi and plantar flexion only are possible
b. communicates with inferior tibiofibular joint
c. communicates with posterior subtalar joint
d. dorsiflexion accompanied by some eversion
e. can be plantarflexed by flexor longus hallucis
Q. At the ankle, the posterior tibial nerve:
a. has no further motor branches
b. has no further cutaneous branches
c. lies anterior to the artery
d. lies anterior to flexor longus hallucis
e. none of the above
Q. Biceps femoris:
a. inserts partially into the tibial condyle
b. has intramuscular tendon
c. attached proximally to the ilium
d. supplied by L4
e. shares its origin with semimembranosis
Q. Common peroneal nerve:
a. supplies the knee joint
b. supplies semitendinosus
c. supplies skin on sole
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
Q. On the front of the ankle joint, the tendon of extensor hallucis longus:
a. is medial to tibialis anterior
b. is medial to deep peroneal nerve
c. is lateral to extensor digitorum longus
d. possesses no synovial sheath
e. is lateral to extensor hallucis brevis
Q. Iliofemoral ligament:
a. limits hip flexion
b. limits hip extension
c. limits hip adduction
d. limits hip internal rotation
e. none of the above
Q. At the upper end of the femur:
a. gluteus maximus is attached to a ridge on the posterior surface
b. gluteus medius is attached to the anterior surface of the greater trochanter
c. the three secondary centres of ossification fuse together before joining the shaft
d. the posterior part of the capsular ligament is attached to the intertrochanteric crest
e. main nutrient artery enters the bone
Q. Medial longitudinal plantar arch:
a. raised by peroneus longus
b. maintained by ligamentum bifurcation
c. maintained by talocalcaneal interosseous ligament
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
Q. The femoral nerve:
a. continues as a cutaneous branch which runs along the lateral border of the foot
b. supplies iliacus muscle
c. supplies psoas muscle
d. supplies obturator externus muscle
e. lies within the femoral sheath
Q. Rectus femoris muscle:
a. occupies an intermediate plane in the quadriceps muscle mass
b. arises from the anterior superior iliac spine
c. has two heads of origin
d. supplied by ilioinguinal nerve
e. none of the above
Q. The deep fascia of the thigh:
a. is attached to the inguinal ligament
b. is mostly superficial to the long saphenous vein
c. receives the insertion of the whole of the gluteus maximus
d. receives the insertion of the whole of sartorius
e. is less dense than the deep fascia of the upper arm