Chapter 8 Flashcards
- Which of the following would you be palpating if you were to slide your fingers from the lumbar spinous process inferiorly between the right and left posterior superior iliac spine
Sacrum
- Rectus Femoris is part of which muscle group?
Quadriceps
Which of the following muscles has as it’s main function to flex the hip during movement such as walking, running, jumping, and kicking?
Iliacus
- Which of the following is a small muscle on the lateral edge of the anterior hip that forms the other half of a “V”with sartorius?
Tensor fascia latae
- True or false? Tightness in the piriformis can compress the sciatic nerve
True
- Which of the following would you be palpating if you were to slide your thumb medially from the patella?
Adductor tubercle
Vastis lateralis performance which of the following actions?
Extends the knee
- The pectineus has attachments on which two bones?
Pubis and femur
True or false? Six different muscles assist in externally rotating the hips
True
- Which of the following is NOT true of gluteus maximus?
It extends the knee in kicking
- True or false? Biceps femoris flexes the elbow
False
- Which of the following is the prime abductor of the hip?
Gluteus medius
- Which of the following muscles is the longest muscle in the human body when is referred to as the “Taylor’s muscle”?
Sartorius
Which of the following joins Pectineus, adductor brevis, adductor longus, and adductor Magness in adducting the hip?
Gracilis
*True or False? Semitendinosus is part of the quadriceps group
False
True or False? The inferior gemellus flexes the knee
False
*Kicking involves which of the following actions?
Knee extension
If you slide your finger tips from the iliac crest medially and slightly inferiorly, you would be palpating which of the following?
Rami of the pubis
*Which of the following muscles flexes and externally rotate the hip and create a connection between the trunk and lower extremity?
Psoas
- Which of the following muscle names means roughly “huge” and “side”?
Vatus lateralis
