Front upper leg muscles

Question 1

The adductors have how many muscles

Answer 1

are five muscles

Question 2

What do the 5 adductor muscles do?

Answer 2

work together to adduct and medially rotate the hip.

Question 3

Where do the adductor muscles originate?

Answer 3

from the pubic bone of the hip

Question 4

Where do the adductor muscles insert?

Answer 4

insert to the side and rear of the femur, except the gracilis which inserts on the tibia.

Question 5

Can you name the 5 adductor muscles?

Answer 5

1. The pectineus
2. adductor longus
3. adductor Magnus
4. adductor brevis
5. the gracilis

Question 6

The iliopsoas is really how many muscles that are regarded as one and what are these?

Answer 6

2 - psoas major and iliacus

Question 7

The psoas major (large) orginates where?

Answer 7

from the lumbar vertebrae.

Question 8

The iliacus is a muscle lying close to the ?

Answer 8

front upper bone of the pelvis (the ilium)

Question 9

What action does the iliopsoas perform? (3)

Answer 9

1. They flex the hip joint,
2. assist in flexion of the vertebral column and
3. rotate the hip laterally.

Question 10

Can you name this diagram?

Answer 10

psoas major, minor and iliacus

Question 11

What three muscles make up the front of the upper leg?

Answer 11

1. The adductors
2. The iliopsoas
3. The quadriceps

Question 12

How many muscles make up the quadriceps?

Answer 12

4

Question 13

What does this group of muscles serve to do?

Answer 13

This group of muscles extend the knee.

Question 14

Can you name the 4 muscles?

Answer 14

1. Vastus Lateralis
2. Rectus Femoris
3. Vastus Medialis
4. Vastus Intermedius

Question 15

What does vastus mean?

Answer 15

large

Question 16

The rectus femoris originates where? and also assists in what?

Answer 16

front of the hip - Because of its origin the rectus femoris also assists in hip flexion.

Question 17

The other 3 quad muscles (Vastus’s) originate where?

Answer 17

on the upper part of the femur

Question 18

The insertions of the quad muscles are where?

Answer 18

at the upper part of the patella, and the tibia

Question 19

Which of the quadricep muscles cross two joints?

Answer 19

the rectus femoris

Question 20

All of the adductor muscles insert into the femur except one. Which is it?

Answer 20

the gracilis