Year 3 Flashcards
Name the flexors of the hip
Iliacus
Psoas major
Pectineus
What is the innervation of the hip flexors?
Femoral nerve (L2-L4)
Name the extensors of the hip
Biceps femoris
Semitendinosis
Semimembranosis
Gluteus maximus
What nerve innervates gluteus maximus?
Inferior gluteal nerve (L5-S2)
What nerve innervates the hamstrings?
Biceps femoris - fibular division of sciatic nerve
Semitendinosis and semimembranosis - tibial division of sciatic nerve
What muscles adduct the hip joint?
Adductor magnus Adductor brevis Adductor longus Gracilis Obturator externus
What nerve innervates the adductor compartment of the hip joint?
Obturator nerve (L2-L4)
What muscles abduct the hip joint?
Gluteus medium
Gluteus minimus
TFL
What nerve supplies the hip abductors?
Superior gluteal nerve (L4-S1)
What muscles medially rotate the hip?
Gluteus medius
Gluteus minimus
TFL
What muscles externally rotate the hip?
Piriformis
Obturator internus
Gemelli (twins)
Quadrator femoris
What vein runs anterior to the medial malleolus?
Long (great) saphenous vein
What vein runs posterior to the lateral malleolus?
Short saphenous vein
Which vein does the great saphenous vein drain into?
Femoral vein
Which vein does the short saphenous vein drain into?
Popliteal vein