MSK - Front and Medial Thigh

Question 0

What do the vastus muscles do?

Answer 0

Act to extend the knee

Question 1

What are the 4 quadriceps muscles?

Answer 1

Vastus medialis, vastus intermedius, vastus lateralis, rectus femoris

Question 2

What does the rectus femoris do?

Answer 2

Extends the knee and flexes the leg at the hip joint

Question 3

What are the quadriceps muscles innervated by?

Answer 3

The femoral nerve (L2, L3, L4)

Question 4

What two muscles make up the iliopsoas?

Answer 4

Psoas major, and the iliacus

Question 5

What action do the iliopsoas do?

Answer 5

Flexes at the hip and assists in lateral rotation

Question 6

What innervates the psoas major?

Answer 6

The anterior rami of L1-3

Question 7

What innervates the iliacus?

Answer 7

Femoral nerve

Question 8

Where does the sartorius run?

Answer 8

Long and thin running across the thigh in a medial direction. Originates from the hip bone to the tibia.

Question 9

What innervates the sartorius?

Answer 9

Femoral nerve

Question 10

What is the location of the pectineus?

Answer 10

Originates from the pelvis and attaches to the top of the femur

Question 11

What is the action of the pectineus?

Answer 11

Adduction and flexion at the hip joint.

Question 12

What is the innervation of the pectineus?

Answer 12

Femoral nerve

Question 13

What are the 5 medial thigh muscles?

Answer 13

Gracialis, obturator externus, adductor brevis, adductor longus and adductor Magnus

Question 14

What nerve innervates the medial thigh?

Answer 14

The obturator nerve

Question 15

What does the adductor longus do?

Answer 15

Adduction and medial rotation of the thigh

Question 16

What does the adductor brevis do?

Answer 16

Adducts the thigh

Question 17

What does the adductor Magnus do?

Answer 17

Adducts the thigh, hamstring part extends the thigh whiles adductor section also flexes the thigh.

Question 18

Where does the gracialis run?

Answer 18

Most medial muscle runs down the leg from the pubis to the tibia.

Question 19

What is the action of the gracialis?

Answer 19

Adduction of the thigh and flexion at the knee.

Question 20

What is the obturator externus?

Answer 20

The small superior muscle that runs from the obturator foramen to the posterior femur.