Lower Extremity Muscles Flashcards
List the four compartments of the thigh.
•Anterior
•Lateral
•Posterior
•Medial
What structures forms the compartments of the thigh?
Fascia lata the deep fascia
What muscle is part of the lateral compartment of the thigh and crosses the knee joint?
Tensor fasciae latae
What muscles origin is anterior superior iliac spine, insertion anterolateral aspect of lateral tibial condyle, action abducts thigh?
Tensor fascia latae
What muscles origin is anterior superior iliac spine, insertion superior part of the medial surface of tibia, action flexes abducts and laterally rotates at thigh?
Sartorius
What is the collective name of the group of four extensors of the knee in the anterior compartment of the thigh?
Quadriceps femoris
Of the four extensors in the anterior compartment of the thigh which crosses the hip joint and is a flexor of the hip?
Rectus femoris
What muscles origin is anterior inferior iliac spine, insertion tibial tuberosity, action extension of the knee and flexion of the hip?
Rectus femoris
What muscles origin is greater trochanter and linea aspera of femur, insertion tibial tuberosity, action extension of the knee?
Vastus lateralis
What muscles origin is medial surface and linea aspera of femur, insertion tibial tuberosity, extension of the knee?
Vastus medialis
What muscles origin anterior lateral surfaces of femur, insertion tibial tuberosity, action extension of the knee?
Vastus intermedius
List all of the muscles of the anterior compartment of the thigh that cross the knee joint.
•Sartorius
•Rectus femoris
•Vastus lateralis
•Vastus intermedius
•Vastus medialis
What muscles origin is body and inferior ramus of pubis, insertion proximal medial surface of tibia, action adducts thigh flexes and rotates leg medially at knee?
Gracilis
What tendons make up the Pes Anserinus?
•Semitendinosus tendon
•Gracilis tendon
•Sartorius tendon
What muscles origin is Pectineal line of pubis, insertion Pectineal line of femur, action adducts flexes and laterally rotates thigh?
Pectineus