Quiz 3

Question 1

The pelvis or pelvic girdle consists of which bones?

Answer 1

right hip or coxa, left hip or coxa and sacrum

Question 2

The hip consists of which bones?

Answer 2

ilium, ischium, pubis

Question 3

The hip joint is the articulation between which boney structures?

Answer 3

acetabulum of the hip and head of the femur

Question 4

What is the name of the fibrocartilage which lines the acetabulum of the hip?

Answer 4

acetabular labrum

Question 5

Open chain hip abduction is similar to what closed chain movement?

Answer 5

elevation of the opposite side of the pelvis

Question 6

Open chain hip internal rotation is similar to what closed chain movement?

Answer 6

rotation of the pelvis to the same side

Question 7

Which of the gluteal muscles is most superficial and posterior?

Answer 7

gluteus maximus

Question 8

Which gluteal muscles are attached to the greater trochanter?

Answer 8

gluteus medius, gluteus minimus

Question 9

Which muscles perform hip abduction?

Answer 9

gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, tensor fasciae latae, sartorius

Question 10

Which muscle can perform both hip flexion and hip extension?

Answer 10

adductor magnus

Question 11

Name all the muscles that perform hip external rotation.

Answer 11

piriformis, obturator internus, obturator externus, superior gemellus, inferior gemellus, quadratus femoris, sartorius

Question 12

Which muscles compose the hamstrings?

Answer 12

semitendinosus, semimembranosus, biceps femoris

Question 13

Which of the hamstring muscles attaches to the fibular head?

Answer 13

Biceps Femoris

Question 14

Which muscles attach to the pes anserine?

Answer 14

semitendinosus, sartorius, gracilis

Question 15

Which muscle attaches to the adductor tubercle?

Answer 15

adductor magnus

Question 16

The adductor hiatus is a part of which muscle?

Answer 16

adductor magnus

Question 17

What passes through the adductor hiatus?

Answer 17

femoral artery and vein

Question 18

Which muscle attaches to the medial lip of the linea aspera?

Answer 18

vastus medialis

Question 19

What is the function of the medial and lateral meniscus of the knee joint?

Answer 19

deepen the joint surface, shock absorption

Question 20

Which muscles does the superior gluteal nerve innervate?

Answer 20

gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, tensor fasciae

Question 21

What is the anatomical name of the knee joint?

Answer 21

tibiofemoral joint

Question 22

Name the muscles that compose the quadriceps femoris muscle.

Answer 22

rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius

Question 23

Name the muscles that act at both the hip and knee joints.

Answer 23

semitendinosus, semimembranosus, biceps femoris, gracilis, rectus femoris, sartorius

Question 24

What is the additional movement that occurs at the knee joint when it is flexed to 90 degrees?

Answer 24

medial and lateral rotation

Question 25

What is the largest joint in the body?

Answer 25

knee joint