Lower Limbs: Actions and Innervations Flashcards
Adductor Magnus
Action: Adducts and flex thigh
Innervation: Obturator nerve and Sciatic nerve
Gastrocnemis
Action: Plantarflexion
Innervation: Tibial Nerve
Gluteus Maximus
Action: Extend thigh
Innervation: Inferior gluteal nerve
Hamstring: Semitendinosus
Action: Extend thigh, flex knee
Innervation: Sciatic Nerve
Hamstring: Biceps Femoris
Action: Extend thigh, flex knee
Innervation: Sciatic Nerve
Hamstring: Semimembranosus
Action: Extend thigh, flex knee
Innervation: Sciatic Nerve
Iliacus:
Action: Flex thigh
Innervation: Femoral Nerve
Quadriceps: Rectus Femoris
Action: Extend knee
Innervation: Femoral Nerve
Quadriceps: Vastus Medialis
Action: Extend knee
Innervation: Femoral Nerve
Quadriceps: Vasatus Lateralis
Action: Extend knee
Innervation: Femoral Nerve
Quadriceps: Vastus Intermedius
Action: Extend knee
Innervation: Femoral Nerve
Soleus
Action: Plantarflexion
Innervation: Tibial Nerve
Tibialis Anterior
Action: Dorsiflexion
Innervation: Common fibular nerve
