LE Knee Muscles Flashcards
What muscles perform knee flexion?
semitendinosus semimembranosus biceps femoris gracilis sartorius
What muscles perform knee extension?
rectus femoris
vastus intermedius
vastus medialis
vastus lateralis
What muscles perform knee medial rotation?
semitendinosus
semimembranosus
What muscles perform knee lateral rotation?
biceps femoris
What muscles innervate the femoral nerve?
rectus femoris vastus intermedius vastus medialis vastus lateralis sartorius
What muscles innervate the obturator nerve?
gracilis
What muscles innervate the tibial/fibular nerve?
biceps femoris
What muscles innervate the tibial nerve?
semitendinosus
semimembranosus
What muscles attach to ischial tuberosity?
semiteninosus
semimembranosus
What muscles attach to medial/superior tibia?
semiteninosus
semimembranosus
gracilis
What muscles attach to anterior inferior iliac spine?
rectus femoris
vastus intermedius
sartorius
What muscles attach to tibial tuberosity via patellar ligament?
rectus femoris
vastus intermedius
vastus medialis
vastus lateralis
