Muscle Origins & Inserts

Question 1

What muscle originates at the iliac fossa?

Answer 1

ILIACUS

Question 2

What muscle originates at the iliac crest?

Answer 2

TENSOR FASCIAE LATAE

Question 3

What muscles (3) originate at the gluteal lines?

Answer 3

GLUTEUS MAXIMUS, GLUTEUS MEDIUS, GLUTEUS MINIMUS

Question 4

What muscle originates at the anterior superior iliac spine?

Answer 4

SARTORIUS

Question 5

What muscle originates at the anterior inferior iliac spine?

Answer 5

RECTUS FEMORIS

Question 6

What muscle originates at the ischial ramus?

Answer 6

ADDUCTOR MAGNUS

Question 7

What muscles (3) originate at the ischial tuberosity?

Answer 7

BICEPS FEMORIS (LONG HEAD), SEMITENDINOSUS, SEMIMEMBRANOSUS

Question 8

What muscles (4) originate at the pubic bone?

Answer 8

ADDUCTOR BREVIS, ADDUCTOR LONGUS, ADDUCTOR MAGNUS, ADDUCTOR MAGNUS (ADDUCTOR PART)

Question 9

What muscle originates at the pectineal line?

Answer 9

PECTINEUS

Question 10

What muscle originates at the superior pubic ramus?

Answer 10

ADDUCTOR LONGUS

Question 11

What muscle originates at the body of the pubis?

Answer 11

ADDUCTOR BREVIS

Question 12

What muscle originates at the inferior pubic ramus?

Answer 12

GRACILIS

Question 13

What muscle originates at the anterior shaft of the femur?

Answer 13

VASTUS INTERMEDIUS

Question 14

What muscles (2) insert at the greater trochanter of the femur?

Answer 14

GLUTEUS MEDIUS, GLUTEUS MINIMUS

Question 15

What muscle originates at the greater trochanter of the femur?

Answer 15

VASTUS LATERALIS

Question 16

What muscles (2) insert at the lesser trochanter of the femur?

Answer 16

ILIACUS, PSOAS MAJOR & MINOR

Question 17

What muscle originates at the intertrochanteric line of the femur?

Answer 17

VASTUS MEDIALIS

Question 18

What muscle inserts at the gluteal tuberosity of the femur?

Answer 18

GLUTEUS MAXIMUS

Question 19

What muscle inserts at the pectineal line of the femur?

Answer 19

PECTINEUS

Question 20

What muscles (3) insert at the linea aspera of the femur?

Answer 20

ADDUCTOR BREVIS, ADDUCTOR LONGUS, ADDUCTOR MAGNUS (ADDUCTOR PART)

Question 21

What muscle originates at the linea aspera of the femur?

Answer 21

BICEPS FEMORIS (SHORT HEAD)

Question 22

What muscle originates at the lateral supracondylar ridge/line of the femur?

Answer 22

PLANTARIS

Question 23

What muscle originates at the superior to the femoral condyles of the femur?

Answer 23

GASTROCNEMIUS

Question 24

What muscle inserts at the adductor tubercle of the femur?

Answer 24

ADDUCTOR MAGNUS (HAMSTRING PART)

Question 25

What muscle inserts at the medial condyle of the tibia?

Answer 25

SEMIMEMBRANOSUS

Question 26

What muscles (3) insert at the medial surface of the tibia?

Answer 26

SARTORIUS, GRACILIS, SEMITENDINOSUS

Question 27

What muscle inserts at the lateral surface of the tibia?

Answer 27

TENSOR FASCIAE LATAE

Question 28

What muscles (4) insert at the tibial tuberosity of the tibia?

Answer 28

RECTUS FEMORIS, VASTUS LATERALIS, VASTUS MEDIALIS, VASTUS INTERMEDIUS

Question 29

What muscle originates at the soleal line of the tibia?

Answer 29

SOLEUS

Question 30

What muscle originates at the head of the fibula?

Answer 30

SOLEUS

Question 31

What muscle inserts at the head of the fibula?

Answer 31

BICEPS FEMORIS (LONG HEAD & SHORT HEAD)

Question 32

What muscles (4) insert at the tuberosity of the calcaneous?

Answer 32

TRICEPS SURAE GROUP, GASTROCNEMIUS, SOLEUS, PLANTARIS