Ch 12.2 Lower Appendicular Muscles Flashcards
Fascia lata
- Strongest fascia in body
- Divides compartments in body
- 4 compartments
- Annterior
- Lateral
- Medial
- Posterior
Anterior/Lateral thigh section
vastus lateralis
rectus femoris
vastus medialis
sartorius
vastus intermedius
Posterior thigh section
biceps femoris short head
biceps femoris long head
semitendinosus
semimembranosus
Medial thigh section
Adductors
adductor longus
adductor brevis
gracilis
adductor magnus
- Muscles that move thigh
- Attach proximally to os coxae
- Attach distally to femur
- Hip/thigh flexors
- Psoas major
- Iliacus
- Sartorius
- Rectus femoris
- Illiotibial tract
- Psoas major
Hip to vertebrae
- Iliacus
- Inside hip
- Sartorius
- Hip to knee
- Rectus femoris
- Big medial quad
- Illiotibial tract
- Runs down outside of thigh from hip to knee
- Abductor of the hip/thigh
- Tensor fasciae latae
- Medial thigh compartment
- Aductors of hip/thigh
- Aductors of hip/thigh
pectinous
adductor longus
adductor brevis
adductor magnus
gracialis
obturator externs
pectinous
top groin muscle
adductor longus
medial groin chunk w 2 other adductors
gracialis
groin
posterior thigh compartment
- Extend the hip joint/thigh and flex the leg
- These are the hamstrings
Hamstring muscles
- Semimembranosus
- Semitendinosus
- Biceps femoris
3 glute muscles
- Gluteus maximus
- Chunk of butt
- Gluteus medius
- What I injure
- Gluteus minimus
- Femur to hip
- Gluteal region clinical importance
- Important site of intramuscular injections
- Gluteal region divided into quadrants
- Upper lateral quadrant
- Best for injections
- Sciatic nerve
- Upper lateral quadrant
- Gluteal region divided into quadrants
Quad muscles
rectus femoris
vastus lateralis
vastus medialis
vastus intermedialis
rectus femoris
medial quad
vastus lateralis
outside quad muscle
vastus medialis
teardrop
vastus intermedius
deep quad
3 lower leg compartments
anterior
lateral
posterior/medial
Anterior lower leg compartment
- Tibialis anterior
- Extensor digitorum longus
- Extensor hallucis longus
Posterior/medial lower leg compartment
tibialis posterior
flexor digitorum longus
flexor hallucis longus
Soleus
Gastrocnemius medial head
Gastrocnemius lateral head
function of anterior compartment of ankle feet and toes
- Dorsiflex foot and extend toes
upper shin muscles
- Extensor digitorum longus
- Extensor hallucis longus
- Tibialis anterior
Lateral compartment of ankle feet and toes function
evert and plantar flex the foot
Lateral compartment of ankle feet and toes muscles
- Fibularis longus
- Fibularis brevis
posterior compartment of lower leg
flex leg, plantar flex foot, and or toes
calf muscles
- Gastrocnemius
- Soleus
other posterior lower leg muscles
- Plantaris
- Behind knee
- Flexor digitorum
- Flexor hallucis longus
- Tibialis posterior
signs achilles tendon tear
- Bruising
- Swelling of leg
- Loss of tendon definition
intrinsic muscles of foot are divided into
- Dorsal group of two muscles
- Plantar group of 10 muscles
plantar surface is supported by
plantar aponeurosis