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Lower Extremity Joints and Muscles Flashcards

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Sacro-Iliac Joint

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Articulating bones: Sacrum/Ilium
Joint type: gliding joint
Movement: gliding movements

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Coxal Joint

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Articulating bones: coxal bone/femur
Joint type: ball and socket
Movement: flexion, extension, circumduction, abduction, adduction, medial/lateral rotation

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Iliopsoas group

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(iliac and poses major)
on anterior hip
Action: flexion of thigh/femur at hip/coxal joint

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Gluteus Maximus

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superficial

Action: extension, lateral rotation, abduction of thigh/femur at hip/coxal joint

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Gluteus Medius

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middle muscle

Action: abduction, medial rotation of thigh/femur at hip/coxal joint

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Gluteus Minimus

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deep

Action: abduction, medial rotation of thigh/femur at hip/coxal joint

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Tensor Fasciae Latae

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Inserts into the iliotibial tract extending along the lateral surface of the thigh/femur
Action: abduction, medial rotation of thigh/femur at hip/coxal joint

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Tibiofemoral/knee joint

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Articulating bones: tibia/femur
Joint type: hinge
Movement: flexion, extension, some rotation
Ligaments: Anterior cruciate, Posterior Cruciate, Lateral Collateral, Medial Collateral
Meniscus of knee

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Sartorius

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runs diagonally across the thigh/femur

Action: flexion of leg at tibiofemoral/knee joint

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Rectus Femoris

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anterior thigh

Action: extension

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Vastus Lateralis

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lateral side

Action: extension of leg at tibiofemoral/knee joint

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Vastus Medialis

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medial side

Action: extension

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Vastus Intermedius

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deep

Action: extension

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Biceps Femoris

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lateral

Action: flexion

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Semitendinosus

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middle

Action: flexion

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Semimembranosus

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medial

Action: flexion

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Talocrural/ankle joint

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Articulating processes: tibia/talus/fibula
Jont type: hinge
Movement: dorsiflexion, planter flexion, eversion, inversion

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Tarsometatarsal Joints

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Articulating processes: metatarsals/tarsal bones
Joint type: gliding
Movement: gliding movement

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Matatarsalphalangeal Joint

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Articulating processes: metatarsal/ phalanx
Joint type: condyloid
Movement: flexion/extension, abduction,adduction

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Interphalangeal Joint

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Articulating processes: phalanx/ phalanx
Joint type: hinge
Movement: flexion/extension

21
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Tibialis Anterior

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dorsiflexion

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Gastrocnemius

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Plantarflexion

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Soleus

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Plantarflexion

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Digital Flexors

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posterior side of crus

Flexion of digits

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Digital Extensors

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anterior side of crus

Extension of digits

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