Muscles of the L.E

Question 1

Name the hip flexors (6)

Answer 1

iliacus
psoas major
psoas minor
tensor fascia lata
rectus femoris
sartorious

Question 2

What increases lordosis?

Answer 2

Tight hip flexors

Question 3

What is the primary hip extensor

Answer 3

Gluteus maximus

Question 4

What three muscles originate on the ischial tuberosity

Answer 4

Long head of biceps femoris
Semitendinosus
Semimembranosus

Question 5

Name the lateral rotators of the hip (6)

Answer 5

piriformis
superior gemellus
obturator internus
inferior gemellus
quadratus femoris
obturator externus
*also gluteus maximus

Question 6

Where do the lateral rotators of the hip insert

Answer 6

on the greater trochanter of femur

Question 7

Name the medial rotators of the hip (3)

Answer 7

Tensor fascia lata
gluteus medius
gluteus minimus

Question 8

Why do the gluteus medius and minimus rotate the hip medially?

Answer 8

because of the angle at which they insert on the greater trochanter

Question 9

What does the anterior fascial compartment contain

Answer 9

quadriceps femoris, sartorius

Question 10

What does the posterior fascial compartment contain

Answer 10

hamstrings

Question 11

What does the medial fascial compartment contain

Answer 11

adductors

Question 12

What is the only quadricep muscle that crosses the hip joint

Answer 12

rectus femoris

Question 13

What is the Taylor’s muscle?

Answer 13

sartorius

Question 14

Where does the biceps femoris insert

Answer 14

head of the fibula

Question 15

which muscle has the same insertion as the sartorius muscle

Answer 15

semitendinosus muscle

Question 16

Which adductor inserts on the lower leg

Answer 16

The gracilis, it inserts on the tibia

Question 17

What three muscles are in the pes anserine group

Answer 17

Gracilis
Sartorius
Semitendinosus

Question 18

How is the pes anserine group situated from anterior to posterior

Answer 18

Sartorius
Gracilis
Semitendinosus

Question 19

How do the adductors insert from medial to lateral?

Answer 19

Peanut: Pectineus
Butter: Adductor brevis
Loves: Adductor longus
My: Adductor magnus
Glutes: Gluteus maximus

Question 20

Which tendons do the inferior and superior peroneal retinaculum contain?

Answer 20

fibularis longus and fibularis brevis

Question 21

Which three tendons pass behind the medial malleolus and in which order

Answer 21

Tibialis anterior
Flexor digitorum longus
Flexor hallucis longus

Question 22

Which tendon does not fit in the medial malleolus between tom dick and harry

Answer 22

Flexor hallucis longus

Question 23

What are the contents of the flexor retinaculum

Answer 23

Tibialis posterior
Flexor digitorum longus
flexor hallucis longus
Tibial nerve
Posterior tibial artery

Question 24

What muscles construct the triceps surae group

Answer 24

Gastrocnemius
Soleus
Plantaris

Question 25

What is in the first layer of muscles of the foot

Answer 25

abductor hallucis flexor digitorum brevis abductor digiti minimi

Question 26

What is in the second layer of muscles of the foot

Answer 26

quadratus plantae flexor hallucis t. flexor digitorum longus t. lumbricales

Question 27

What is in the third layer of the muscles of the foot

Answer 27

flexor hallucis brevis adductor hallucis flexor digiti minimi

Question 28

What is in the fourth layer of the muscles of the foot

Answer 28

plantar interossei (adduct) dorsal interossei (abduct)