Lesson 5 & 8 Quiz Answers

Question 1

1.

Which is not an action of biceps femoris?

a. knee flexion
b. hip extension
c. knee abduction
d. hip lateral rotation

Answer 1

c. knee abduction

Question 2

2.

What is the insertion of the semitendinosus?

a. medial tibia via pes anserinus tendon
b. head of fibula
c. ishial tuberosity
d. linea aspera of the femur

Answer 2

a. medial tibia via pes anseriunus tendon

Question 3

3.

Which statement is true of the semimebranosus?

a. it is superficial to the semitendinosis
b. it has a borad tendinous origin
c. it inserts on the head of the fibula
d. it originates from the PSIS

Answer 3

b. it has a broad tendinous origin

Question 4

4.

What is the action of the obturator externus?

a. medial rotation of the hip
b. lateral rotation of the hip
c. posterior pelvic tilt
d. stabilize the obturator foramen

Answer 4

b. lateral rotation of the hip

Question 5

5.

What is the insertion of the obturator internis?

a. lesser trochanter
b. greater trochanter
c. linea aspera
d. superior lip of the obturator foramen

Answer 5

b. greater trochanter

Question 6

6.

What is the insertion of the piriformis?

a. greater trochanter
b. lesser trochanter
c. lateral sacral border
d. medial femoral epicondyle

Answer 6

a. greater trochanter

Question 7

7.

What is the insertion of the inferior gemellus?

a. lesser trochanter
b. ischial tuberosity
c. greater trochanter
d. pubic crest

Answer 7

c. greater trochanter

Question 8

8.

What is the insertion of the superior gemellus?

a. lesser trochanter
b. ischial tuberosity
c. greater trochanter
d. pubic crest

Answer 8

c. greater trochanter

Question 9

9.

What is the action of the quadratus femoris?

a. hip flexion
b. knee flexion
c. hip abduction
d. hip lateral rotation

Answer 9

d. hip lateral rotation

Question 10

10.

Which statement is not true of the TFL?

a. it inserts into the iliotibial tract
b. it helps stabilize the lateral side of the knee
c. it originates on the ilium between the gluteus medius and sartorius
d. its action is to extend the hip

Answer 10

d. its action is to extend the hip

Question 11

11.

Which is true of the gluteus minimus?

a. it inserts into the greater trochanter
b. it laterally rotates the hip
c. it adducts the hip
d. it is superficial to the gluteus medius

Answer 11

a. it inserts into the greater trochanter

Question 12

12.

What is the insertion of the gluteus medius?

a. outer aspect of the ilium inferior to the iliac crest
b. greater trochanter
c. lesser trochanter
d. lateral sacral ridge

Answer 12

b. greater trochanter

Question 13

13.

What is the action of the gluteus maximus?

a. extension of the hip
b. medial rotation of the hip
c. elevation of the pelvis
d. knee flexion

Answer 13

a. extension of the hip

Question 14

14.

Which muscle is shortest in length?

a. adductor brevis
b. adductor longus
c. pectineus
d. gracilis

Answer 14

a. adductor brevis

Question 15

15.

Which muscle is most medial in arrangement?

a. adductor mangus
b. adductor longus
c. pectineus
d. gracilis

Answer 15

d. gracilis

Question 16

16.

What is the action of the adductor magnus?

a. adduct the knee
b. flex the knee
c. adduct the hip
d. extend the knee

Answer 16

c. adduct the hip

Question 17

17.

What is the origin of the adductor longus?

a. greater trochanter
b. pubic tubercle
c. PSIS
d. superior patellar line

Answer 17

b. pubic tubercle

Question 18

18.

What is the insertion of the adductor brevis?

a. proximal linea aspera superior to pectineus
b. proximal linea aspera superior to the adductor longus
c. distal linea aspera adjacent to biceps femoris (short head)
d. pes anserius tendon with gracilis

Answer 18

c. distal linea aspera adjacent to biceps femoris (short head)

Question 19

19.

What is the origin of the sartorius?

a. AIIS
b. PIIS
c. ASIS
d. PSIS

Answer 19

c. ASIS

Question 20

20.

Which muscle originates from the lateral lip of the linea aspera?

a. rectus femoris
b. vastus intermedius
c. sartorius
d. vastus lateralis

Answer 20

d. vastus lateralis

Question 21

21.

What is the insertion of the quadriceps femoris?

a. common quadriceps tendon
b. patella
c. tibial tuberosity via the patellar ligament
d. all of the above are considered the insertion

Answer 21

c. tibial tuberosity via the patellar ligament

Question 22

22.

What is the origin of the rectus femoris?

a. AIIS
b. PIIS
c. ASIS
d. PSIS

Answer 22

a. AIIS

Question 23

23.

Which is not true of the vastus intermedius?

a. it originates from the anterior aspect of the femur
b. it extends the knee
c. it flexes the hip
d. it is situated in between the vastus lateralis and vastus medialis muscles

Answer 23

c. it flexes the hip

Question 24

24.

Which muscles are synergists?

a. gluetus medius, pectineus
b. iliacus, psoas major
c. rectus femoris, gastrocnemius
d. piriformis, gluteus minimus

Answer 24

b. iliacus, psoas major

Question 25

25.

Which muscles inserts on the lesser trochanter?

a. gluetus medius
b. rectus femoris
c. sartorius
d. psoas major

Answer 25

d. psoas major

Question 26

26.

Which muscle flexes the hip least powerfully?

a. psoas major
b. pectineus
c. rectus femoris
d. iliacus

Answer 26

b. pectineus

Question 27

27.

Which hip adductor originates from a bone other than the pubis?

a. adductor longus
b. adductor magnus
c. pectineus
d. gracilis

Answer 27

b. adductor magnus

Question 28

28.

Which lateral rotator of the hip is most superior in arrangement?

a. quadratus femoris
b. piriformis
c. biceps femoris
d. inferior gemellus

Answer 28

b. piriformis

Question 29

29.

Which muscle is a powerful hip abductor?

a. pectineus
b. gracilis
c. gluteus medius
d. psoas major

Answer 29

c. gluteus medius

Question 30

30.

Which hamstring muscle originates from two different bones?

a. biceps femoris
b. semitendinosis
c. semimembranosis
d. all hamstring muscles originate from the same bone

Answer 30

d. all hamstring muscles originate from the same bone