| adductors | What group of muscles are medial thigh muscles? |
| adductor longus
adductor brevis
adductor magnus
gracilis
obturator externus | List muscles of medial thigh |
| all muscles of medial thigh
(except hamstring part of adductor magnus ) | List muscles innervated by obturator n. in medial thigh |
| adductor longus
adductor brevis | obturator n. goes between what muscles? |
| adductor magnus | What adductor of medial thigh is the strongest one? |
| adductor part (linea aspera)
hamstring part (adductor tubercle) | What parts is adductor magnus composed of and where do they attach? |
| opening in adductor magnus, between hamstring and adductor part
termination of adductor canal
transmits:
-femoral artery, femoral vein from adductor canal to popliteal fossa | Describe adductor hiatus |
| adductor part: obturator n.
branches of posterior division
hamstring part: tibial divison of sciatic n. | What is the innervation of adductor magnus? |
| 15 cm long
from apex of femoral triangle-adductor hiatus
intermuscular passage for femoral a, femoral v, saphenous n, nerve to vastus medialis | Describe adductor canal |
| anterior and lateral: vastus medialis
posterior: adductor longus
adductor magnus
medially: sartorius
roof: sartorius
anterior wall: vastoadductor fascia | What are the boundaries of adductor canal? |
| tibialis anterior
extensor digitorum longus
extensor hallucis longus
fibularis tertius | List muscles of anterior leg compartment |
| fibularis tertius
extensor digitorum longus | What tendons pass under inferior extensor retinaculum? |
| tibialis anterior | What muscle is the strongest dorsiflexor? |
| anterior tibiofibular lig. | What ligaments is the most common sprained lig. in body? |
| deep fibular n. | What is the nerve innervating ALL muscles of anterior compartment of leg? |
| TRUE | All muscles of anterior compartment of leg are dorsiflexors of foot |
| fibularis longus
fibularis brevis | List muscles of lateral compartment of leg |
| evertors of foot
(innversion of foot is the most vulnerable to injury, therfor we have evertors to prevent it) | What is the function of muscles of lateral compartment of leg? |
| superior fibular retinaculum
inferior fibular retinaculum | What retinaculum dose evertors of foot pass under? |
| superficial fibular n. | What is the innervation of muscles of lateral compartment of leg? |
| gastrocnemius
soleus
plantaris | List muscles of posterior deep compartment of leg |
| plantar flexion
inversion | What is the function of posterior compartment of leg muscles? |
| calcaneal tendon
-gastrocnemius
-soleus | What makes the strongest tendon in our body? |
| soleus + gastrocnemius
both insert to calcaneus
powerfull plantar flexion | What is triceps surae? |
| popliteus
flexor digitorum longus
flexor hallucis longus
tibialis posterior | List muscles of posterior compartment of leg from the deep layer |
| soleus | Name a antigravity muscle |
| tibial n. | What nerve innervates ALL muscles of posterior compartment of leg? |
