W137 Hip Anatomy

Question 1

Name muscles of the hip that are missing

Answer 1

Question 2

Name blanked out muscles of the hip.

Answer 2

Question 3

What action do muscles of anterior thigh compartment have on the hip?

Answer 3

Flexion.

Question 4

What nerve innervates most of the large hip muscles of the anterior compartment?

Answer 4

Femoral nerve

Question 5

Name the missing large muscles of medial thigh compartment.

Answer 5

Question 6

Name the missing large muscles of the medial thigh compartment.

Answer 6

Question 7

What action on the hip do the large muscles of the medial thigh compartment have?

Answer 7

Adduction

Question 8

What nerve innervates large hip muscles of the medial thigh compartment?

Answer 8

Obturator nerve.

Follows the brim of the pelvis.

Question 9

Name large hip muscles of posterior thigh compartment.

Answer 9

Question 10

Name missing large muscles of posterior hip compartment.

Answer 10

Question 11

What nerve innervates large hip muscles of posterior compartment?

Answer 11

Sciatic nerve

Question 12

What movement do the large muscles of the posterior hip compartment allow?

Answer 12

Hip extension.

Question 13

Name these superficial muscles of the gluteal region.

Answer 13

Question 14

What movement does gluteus maximus allow the hip to do?

Answer 14

Some pretty major hip extension

Question 15

What innervates gluteus maximus?

Answer 15

Inferior gluteal nerve.

Question 16

Where does Gluteus Maximus start and end?

Answer 16

Runs from illiac crest/ sacral region into the connective tissue of the ilio-tibial band and fascia latae.

Question 17

What innervates Gluteus medialis and minimus?

Answer 17

Superior gluteal nerve

Question 18

If superior gluteal nerve is damaged, what gait will be seen?

Answer 18

Trendelenburg.

Question 19

What hip movement do gluteus medialis and minimus allow for?

Answer 19

Hip abduction

Question 20

Where do gluteus medialis and minimus start and end?

Answer 20

Crest to greater trochanter.

Question 21

Can you name the missing vessels, nerves and muscles?

Answer 21

Question 22

What’s the bowl shaped hole where the femur goes in to create the hip joint called?

Answer 22

acetabulum

Question 23

What movements of the hip does the sartorius muscle allow for?

Answer 23

Mostly:

Hip flexion

Lateral rotation

Question 24

Which of the following crosses over two joints and so affects the hip joint as well as the knee?

• Vastus medialis
• Vastas lateralis
• Rectus femoris

Answer 24

Rectus femoris - hip flexor

Question 25

Which band of connecive tissue leads to “runner’s knee”?

Answer 25

ilio-tibial band - due to muscle use and pulling on knee

Question 26

What is this small hip muscle?

Answer 26

Question 27

What are these 3 small hip muscles that work together called?

Answer 27

Question 28

What is the collective name for the 3 small hip muscles below the piriformis called?

Answer 28

Triceps coxii

probs spelt wrong, but that’s how it sounded

Question 29

What are the 3 small hip muscles of the triceps coxii (sp?) ?

Answer 29

• gemellus superior
• obturator internis
• gemellus inferior

probably all spelt wrong :P my bad!

Question 30

What are the names of all 6 small hip muscles?

Answer 30

1. Piriformis
2. gemellus superior
3. obturator internus
4. gemellus inferior
5. quadratus femoris
6. obturator externus

Question 31

Where is the sciatic nerve in relation to the piriformis muscle?

Answer 31

sciatic nerve inferior to muscle

There are anatomical variations that can change this and lead to sciatica.

Question 32

What movement of the hip do all the 6 small muscles do?

Answer 32

Lateral rotation

Question 33

What are the names of the important hip foramina?

Answer 33

• Obturator foramen - muscles attach to
• Greater sciatic foramen - muscles go out of
• (Lesser sciatic foramen, below this)

Question 34

Name the missing stuff

Answer 34