Question | Answer |
What action do all quadricep muscles have in common? | extension at the knee |
Name the quad muscle lateral to the rectus femoris. | vastus lateralis |
Name the quad muscle medial to the rectus femoris. | vastus medialis |
Name the quad muscle beneath the rectus femoris. | vastus intermedius |
What does rectus mean? | straight |
Name the muscle that originates on the anterior superior iliac spine and inserts on the medial side of the tibia. It is the longest muscle in the body. | sartorius |
What action do all muscles on the medial side of the thigh have in common? | adduct the leg |
What action do the tensor fascia latae, gluteus medius, and gluteus minimus have in common? | abduct the leg |
Which muscle group is the antagonist to the quads? | hams (hamstrings) |
Name a muscle that would be an antagonist to the adductor longus. | tensor fascia latae, gluteus medius, gluteus minimus |
Which, the origin or insertion, is the movable end of a muscle? | insertion |
Which, the origin or insertion, is the immovable end of a muscle? | origin |
Name a muscle that would be an antagonist to the tensor fascia latae. | adductor longus, adductor magnus, pectineus, gracilis, adductor brevis |
The rectus femoris is what to the biceps femoris? | anterior |
The tensor fascia latae muscle is what to the gracilis? | lateral (proximal would also work) |
What action does the iliacus and psoas major share? | flexion at the hip |
The psoas major is what to the gluteus maximus? | superior |