Quiz 2 Review

Question 1

What 2 structures would you locate to landmark for psoas major?

Answer 1

NAVAL
and
ASIS

Question 2

To isolate biceps femoris from semitendinosus and semimembranosus, what action would you have your patient perform (In addition to knee flexion)?

Answer 2

LATERAL ROTATION

Question 3

When isolating soleus from gastrocnemius ,what position can you put your patient in to make gastrocnemius actively insufficient?
***When a muscle reaches a point where it cannot shorten any farther it is has reached active insufficiency.

Answer 3

KNEE FLEXION

Question 4

What muscle can you follow from its proximal attachment at the ASIS to its distal attachment at the proximal medial shaft of the tibia?

Answer 4

SARTORIUS

Question 5

TRUE or FALSE

When palpating any quadriceps muscle, have your patient flex the hip to activate the muscle.

Answer 5

FALSE
Knee extension activates most quadriceps.
Only Rectus Femoris is a hip flexor.

Question 6

Which 2 muscles both attach distally at the medial cuneiform and the base of the first metatarsal?

Answer 6

PERONEUS LONGUS
and
TIBIALIS ANTERIOR

Question 7

TRUE or FALSE

Fibularis longus can be more easily palpated at its proximal end?

Answer 7

TRUE

Question 8

Which muscle can be palpated medial to the proximal aspect of Sartorius, in the floor of the femoral triangle?

Answer 8

PECTINEUS

Question 9

Which 2 actions can you have your patient perform, to activate tibialis anterior?

Answer 9

DORSIFLEXION
and
INVERSION

Question 10

Which muscle tendons are visible on the dorsal region of the foot, when your patient performs resisted toe (2-5) extension?

Answer 10

Extensor Digitorum Longus