rectus femoris

Question 1

rectus femoris shape

Answer 1

spindle-shaped, bipennate, narrows to a thick tendon

Question 2

rectus femoris origin

Answer 2

straight head -> from the ASIS

reflected head -> from the superior acetabulum

Question 3

rectus femoris insertion

Answer 3

upper border of the patella and to the ligamentum patellae

Question 4

rectus femoris direction of fibres

Answer 4

inferiorly, medially

Question 5

rectus femoris actions

Answer 5

extends the knee, flexes the hip

Question 6

rectus femoris function

Answer 6

getting up from a chair, climbing stairs

Question 7

rectus femoris nerve supply

Answer 7

femoral nerve L2, L3, L4