Doctors can study for tests by memorizing the muscles in the hips and legs with these medical flash cards
There are 23 flash cards in this set (4 pages to print.)
To use:
1. Print out the cards.
2. Cut along the dashed lines.
3. Fold along the solid lines.
Sample flash cards in this set:
| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| biceps femoris | flexes the leg at the knee and laterally rotates leg |
| fibularis longus | plantar flexion and eversion of foot |
| gluteus maximus | abducts thigh and rotates it medially |
| gracilis | adducts thigh and flexes knee |
| psoas major and iliacus | flexes thigh at the hip |
| quadriceps femoris group | extends leg at the knee |
| Sartorius | abducts and flexes thigh and rotates it laterally; flexes leg at knee |
| tibialis anterior | dorsiflexion and inversion of foot |
| tibialis posterior | plantar flexion and inversion of foot |
| gluteus medius | lateral surface of ilium; greater trochanter of femur |
| sartorius | anterior superior iliac; medial surface of proximal tibia |
| gastrocnemius | lateral and medial condyles of femur; calcaneus |
| tensor fasciae latae | iliac crest and anterior superior iliac spine; iliotibial tract |
| vastus lateralis | greater trochanter and linea aspera of femur; patella to tibial tuberosity |
| semitendonosus | ischial tuberosity; medical surface of proximal tibia |
| vastus medialis | linea aspera of femur; patella of tibial tuberosity |
| flexor digitorum longus | posterior surface of tibia; distal phalanges of four lateral toes |
| tibialis anterior | lateral condyle and proximal tibia; medial cuneiform and first metatarsal |
| adductor magnus | ischial tuberosity and pubis; linea aspera of femur |
| piriformis | anterior sacrum; greater trochanter of femur |
| muscles that move the thigh at the hip joint have origins of | the pelvis |
| anterior thigh muscles serve as prime movers of | extension of the leg at the knee joint |
| the muscle of the lower limb are ___ than those of the upper limb | larger |
