myo 1 final 4

Question 1

What muscle is described as “the thin triangular muscle that forms the inferior floor of the popliteal fossa ?

Answer 1

Popliteus is a thin, triangular muscle that forms the inferior part of the floor of the popliteal fossa.

Question 2

Which flexor muscles in the leg have tendons which cross one another on the plantar surface of the foot ?

Answer 2

The tendon of the flexor hallucis longus (FHL) crosses deep to the tendon of the flexor digitorum longus in the sole of the foot.

Question 3

Which muscle is considered an insignificant flexor of the knee, but pulls the lateral meniscus of the knee joint posteriorly?

Answer 3

Popliteus

Question 4

Which of the flexors will flex all of the joint of the big toe?

Answer 4

Flexor hallucis longus is a powerful flexor of all of the joints of the great toe.

Question 5

Injury to which nerve will cause “foot drop”?

Answer 5

Injury to common fibular nerve —>loss of dorsiflexion of the ankle—>foot drop