Muscles Flashcards
Three Anterior Hip muscles
Iliacus
Psoas Major
Psoas Minor
Five Anterior Thigh muscles
Sartorius Rectus femoris Vastus lateralis Vastus intermedius Vastus medius
Common nerve for the Anterior Thigh muscles (and segmental innervation)
Femoral (L2-L4)
Nerves of the Anterior Hip muscles
Femoral or L1 (psoas minor)
What is the common origin of the Vastus muscles?
Linea aspera
Five muscles of the medial thigh
Gracilis Pectineus Adductor Longus Adductor Brevis Adductor magnus
Which medial thigh muscles originate on the inferior ramus?
Gracilis and Adductor brevis (Adductor magnus too)
Which medial thigh muscles originate on the superior ramus?
Pectineus and Adductor longus (Adductor magnus too)
What is the common nerve of the medial thigh muscles? what is the anomaly?
Obturator (L2-L4)
Sciatic (L4-S3) contributes to the adductor magnus
What muscle receives input from the greatest number of segmental innervations?
Adductor magnus (Obturator and Sciatic: L2-S3)
What muscles insert on the linea aspera? (3)
Adductor longus, adductor brevis and adductor magnus
What muscle insertions make up the patellar ligament? (4)
The quadriceps: Rectus femoris, Vastus lateralis, Vastus intermedius and Vastus medius
Ten muscles of the posterior hip
Gluteus maximus Tensor fascia lata Gluteus medius Gluteus minimus Piriformis Superior gemellus Obturator internus Inferior gemellus Obturator externus Quadratus femoris
Which muscles insert on the Greater trochanter? (6)
Gluteus medius, Gluteus minimus, Piriformis, Superior Gemellus, Obturator Internus and Inferior Gemellus
Three muscles of the posterior thigh
Semitendinosis
Semimembranosis
Biceps Femori
