ANT MUSCLES OF THIGH Flashcards
Innervation
Femoral nerve
Name the muscles forming quadratus femoris
Vastus(Lateralis, intermedias, medial
Rectus femoris
Origin of vastus lateralis
Greater trochanter
Origin of vastus medius
Intertrochanter line
Origin of rectus femoris
Anterior inferior iliac spine
Ilipsoas is formed by which muscles
Illicus and psoas muscle
Origin of Illicus
Illiac fossa
Origin of psoas
Lumbar vertebrae
Insertion of illipsoas
Lesser trochanter of femor
Funtion of quadratus femoris tendon
attaches the rectus femoris and quadratus femoris muscles to the patella
Origin of sartorius
Anterior superior iliac spine
Longest muscles of the body and most superficial muscle of the thigh
Sartorius muscle
Insertion of sartorius
Medial surface of tibia
Action of quadratus femoris muscles
Extends the knee joint
Action of rectus femoris
Extends the knee joint and flexes the thigh at hip joint