lower limb - pelvis and hip

Question 1

Which bones form the pelvic girdle?

Answer 1

ilium, ischium, pubis, sacrum, coccyx

Question 2

What is the name of the thigh bone?

Answer 2

femur

Question 3

Which bones form the lower leg?

Answer 3

tibia and fibula

Question 4

What are the 6 core functions of the lower limb?

Answer 4

1. support standing
2. locomotion
3. transfer body from lysing to sitting to standing and walking/crawling
4. sensation from soles of the feet
5. pelvic girdle protects our internal organs and

6.supports upper body through spinal column

Question 5

How many bones are there in the lower limb?

Answer 5

30 per side

Question 6

What are the main bones in the lower limb?

Answer 6

pelvic bones
femur
patella
fibula
tibia
foot bones

Question 7

What is the heel bone called?

Answer 7

calcaneus

Question 8

What are the 4 articulations (joints) in the pelvic girdle?

Answer 8

right sacroiliac joint
left sacroiliac joint
symphysis pubis
lumbrosacral joint

Question 9

In the pubic bones, what does the acetabulum house?

Answer 9

the head of the femur

Question 10

Where is the pubic symphysis?

Answer 10

Where the two ischium bones meet

Question 11

What are the articulations of the pelvic girdle?

Answer 11

right and left sacroiliac joints
symphysis pubis
lumbrosacral

Question 12

What is the tailbone also known as?

Answer 12

the coccyx

Question 13

How does the pelvic girdle support the upper body?

Answer 13

through the vertebral column

Question 14

When the feet hit the ground, what receives force?

Answer 14

the pelvic girdle

Question 15

What planes does the pelvic girdle move through?

Answer 15

all three

Question 16

When the pelvis moves side to side, what does that allow?

Answer 16

locomotion

Question 17

What the main muscles are involved in anterior pelvic tilt?

Answer 17

iliopsoas and erector spinae

Question 18

What are the 3 main muscles are involved in posterior pelvic tilt?

Answer 18

rectus abdominus, gluteus maximum, hamstring

Question 19

For anterior pelvic tilt, what happens to the back extensors and hip flexors?

Answer 19

the back extensors pull up while hip extensors pull down

Question 20

For posterior pelvic tilt, what happens to the abdominals and hip extensors?

Answer 20

the abdominals pull up while hip extensors pull down

Question 21

For muscular control of the pelvis, what are the three motions?

Answer 21

rotation
anterior pelvic tilt
posterior pelvic tilt

Question 22

what are the 5 hip bones?

Answer 22

ilium, ischium and pubis
sacrum
coccyx

Question 23

What are the 5 main bony landmarks of the pelvic girdle?

Answer 23

Ischial tuberosity
Anterior superior iliac spine
Posterior superior iliac spine
iliac crest
Coccyx

Question 24

What bones form the hip joint?

Answer 24

femural head
femular neck
pelvis
acetabulum

Question 25

What are the structures within the hip joint that ensure the head of the femur remains in the joint?

Answer 25

articular cartilage at the end of the femur
acetabulum ligaments that form the joint capsule

Question 26

what type of joint is the hip?

Answer 26

a ball and socket joint

Question 27

What are the 6 movements of the hip joint?

Answer 27

flexion and extension
abduction and adduction
lateral and medial rotation

Question 28

Which muscles cause flexion at the hip joint?

Answer 28

iliopsoas, with help from sartorius and rectus femoris

Question 29

Which muscles cause extension at the hip joint? (2)

Answer 29

gluteus maximus, with help by the hamstrings

Question 30

Which muscles cause adduction at the hip joint? (4)

Answer 30

the adductors longus, brevis, magnus and gracilis

Question 31

Which muscles cause abduction at the hip joint? (2)

Answer 31

gluteus minimus and medius

Question 32

Which muscles cause lateral rotation in the hip? (6)

Answer 32

gluteus maximus, quadratus femoris, piriformis, obturator internus and externus, gemelli

Question 33

What muscles cause medial rotation at the hip joint? (3)

Answer 33

anterior part of gluteus minimus and medius
tensor fasciae latae muscles

Question 34

What movements do the buttock and thigh muscles do?

Answer 34

extend and abduct

Question 35

what movement do the groin muscles do?

Answer 35

adduct

Question 36

What do the hip muscles do?

Answer 36

flex

Question 37

where do the majority of muscles involved in hip movement originate?

Answer 37

on the pelvis and spinal column

Question 38

what are the three buttock muscles?

Answer 38

gluteus maximus
gluteus medius
gluteus minimus

Question 39

What do the glute muscles provide? (4)

Answer 39

1. walking, running, stabilising joint to prevent body falling to the other side
2. provide forward momentum through backward drive
3. minimus and maximus work eccentrically to maintain upper body stability
4. medius and minimus work to abduct or rotate hip

Question 40

What are the 5 groin muscles?

Answer 40

1. pectineus
2. gracilis
3. adductor longus
4. adductor brevis
5. adductor magnus

Question 41

Where do the groin muscles originate?

Answer 41

on the pubis

Question 42

where do the groin muscles insert?

Answer 42

posterior femur

Question 43

What do the ilacus and psoas muscles combine to create?

Answer 43

the iliopsoas

Question 44

What is the iliotibial tract?

Answer 44

a tendon connecting the tensor fasciae latae to the tibia and femoral condoyle

Question 45

what are the 5 hip flexor muscles?

Answer 45

psoas major
iliacus
rectus femoris
pectineus
sartorius