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Lower Limb
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 3
03/28/2010

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Term
How many muscles in the Gluteal Region
Definition
4: Gluteus Maximus, Gluteus Medius, Gluteus Minimus, Tensor Facia Latae
Term
How many muscles in the lateral rotators?
Definition
6: pirifomis, Superior Gemellus, Inferior Gemellus, Obturator Externus, Obturator Internus, and Quadratus Femoris
Term
How many muscles in the anterior thigh region?
Definition
6: Sartorius, Iliopsoas, Rectus Femoris, Vastus Intermedius, Vastus Lateralis, and Vastus medialis
Term
How many muscles in the medial thigh?
Definition
5: Gracilis, Pectineus, Adductor Longus, Adductor Brevis, Adductor Magnus
Term
How many muscles are the in the posterior thigh region?
Definition
4: Semitendinosus, Semimembranosus, Biceps Femoris
Term
What muscles make up the quadriceps femoris?
Definition
Rectus Femoris, Vastus Medialis, Vastus intermedius, and Vastus lateralis
Term
What muscles insert on the upper medial tibia to make up the common point called the pes anserinus?
Definition
Sartorius, Gracilis, Semitendinosus
Term
How many muscles abduct the hip
Definition
3: gluteus medius, gluteus minimis, and sartorius
Term
How many muscles medially rotate the hip?
Definition
Gluteus medius, Gluteus minimus, and Tensor Fasciae Latae
Term
How many muscles laterally rotate the hip?
Definition
8: Gluteus maximus, sartorius, piriformis, Superior and Inferior Gemellus, Internal and External Obturator, and quadratus femoris
Term
What muscles do both medially rotate and abduct?
Definition
Gluteus medius and Gluteus minimus
Term
What muscle inserts on to the thickening of facia on the lateral side of the thigh
Definition
Tensor Facia Latae
Term
What is the nerve that innervates the piriformis?
Definition
Nerve to Piriformis
Term
What part of the ischium is desginated the sit bones
Definition
The ischial tuberosity
Term
What muscles originate on the linea aspera?
Definition
The vastus medialis and the vastus lateralis, Short head of Biceps Femoris
Term
How many muscles insert onto the linea aspera
Definition
Adductor longus, Adductor Brevis, and the Adductor part of Adductor magnus
Term
How many muscles adduct and flex hip?
Definition
5: all of the medial thigh muscles: gracilis, pectineus, adductor longus, adductor brevis, and adductor part of adductor magnus
Term
What is the muscle that performs the opposite action of rectus femoris?
Definition
Semitendinosus - extends hip and flexes knee (rectus femoris flexes hip and extends knee)
Term
Which is muscle is known as the wannabe hamstring and why?
Definition
Extensor part of Adductor Magnus because it doesn't act on the knee... to be a hamstring you have to act on the knee.
Term
What is the only muscle that flexes both the hip and the knee
Definition
The sartorius muscle because it falfs.
Term
which two muscles insert onto the medial cuneiform and 1st metatarsal?
Definition
Tibialis Anterior and Fibularis
Term
Which two muscles insert onto the 5th metatarsal
Definition
Fibularis tertius and Fibularis Brevis
Term
Which muscle is known as the freshmans nerve?
Definition
Plantaris
Term
which muscles are your tom, dick and harry muscles?
Definition
Tibialis Anterior, Flexor Digitorum Longus, and Flexor Hallucis Longus
Term
Which muscles insert onto the calcaneus?
Definition
Gastrocnemius, Soleus, and Plantaris
Term
Which muscles make up Layer one of the planatar surface muscles?
Definition
Abductor Hallucis, Flexor Digitorum Brevis and Abductor Digiti Minimi
Term
What muscles are in the second layer of the plantar muscles of the feet
Definition
Quadratus Plantae, and Lumbricais
Term
What muscles are in the third layer of the plantar muscles of the feet
Definition
Flexor Hallucis Brevis, Adductor Hallucis, and Flexor Digiti Minimi Brevis
Term
What muscles are in the fourth layer of the plantar muscles of the feet?
Definition
Plantar Interossei, and Dorsai Interossei
Term
Which muscle is in the dorsum of the foot
Definition
Extensor Digitorum Brevis
Term
hip
Definition
coxa
Term
buttock
Definition
clunis
Term
thigh
Definition
femur
Term
knee
Definition
genu
Term
leg
Definition
crus
Term
calf
Definition
sura
Term
ankle
Definition
talus
Term
foot
Definition
pes
Term
heel
Definition
calx
Term
sole
Definition
planta
Term
toes
Definition
digiti pedis
Term
big toe
Definition
hallux
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