Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Pelvis and Thigh Kinesiology Flash Cards

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Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question How many bones are in the thigh? Name them.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer There is only one bone in the thigh. It is the femur.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What action at the knee does the quadriceps muscle group have?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The quads action at the tibiofemoral (knee) joint is extension of the leg.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Place these items in order from superior to inferior: Patella Quadriceps femoris Patellar ligament Tibial tuberosity Quadriceps tendon

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer In order from superior to inferior they are: 1.Quadriceps femoris 2.Quadriceps tendon 3.Patella 4.Patellar ligament 5.Tibial tuberosity

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is the longest muscle in the human body?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The sartorius muscle, with its length spanning from the ASIS to the pes anserine.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What muscle is nicknamed the “tailor” muscle?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Sartorius The nickname comes from the position that tailors stand in when working at their tall tables, which is caused by the action of the sartorius. (Slight hip flexion, slight hip abduction, hip lateral rotation, and slight knee flexion.) Stand firmly on the left leg. Laterally rotate the right leg, cross the right foot over the left, and touch the toes of the right foot to the ground, just lateral to the left foot. This comfy position is the tailor position.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Which one of the four quadriceps muscles crosses the hip joint?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Of the quads, only the rectus femoris crosses the hip joint. All of the quads cross the knee joint.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What muscle group is the antagonist of the quadriceps?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The hamstrings, the posterior thigh muscles, are the antagonists of the quadriceps.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Name the muscles of the hamstrings.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Semimembranosus Semitendinosus Biceps femoris (long head and short head)

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What are the medial hamstrings?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The “Semis” –Semimembranosus –Semitendinosus

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What are the lateral hamstrings?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Biceps femoris

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question In general, the hamstring muscle group originates from the ischium. There is one head of the hamstring that does not originate at the ischium, but rather from the posterior femur. What is that muscle?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The short head of the biceps femoris. –The long head indeed does attach at the ischial tuberosity with the other hamstrings.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What muscle’s tendons make up the pes anserine?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Semitendinosus Gracilis Sartorius Mnemonic Device: Slippery Green Snakes

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Where will you find the pes anserine?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer At the medial, proximal portion of the tibia, just distal to the knee joint.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What muscle, whose name means graceful, is the most medial muscle of the thigh?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The gracilis

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What muscle is the prime mover of flexion of the hip?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The iliopsoas

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What two muscles combine to make the iliopsoas?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The iliacus and the psoas major.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What part of the iliopsoas attaches at the anterior portion of the 12 th thoracic vertebra and all lumbar vertebra?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The psoas major origin

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What part of the iliopsoas attaches to the iliac fossa?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The origin of the iliacus muscle

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is the insertion of the iliopsoas?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The lesser trochanter of the femur

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is the only bone to have trochanters?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The femur

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Which muscle of the quadriceps muscle group is synergistic with the iliopsoas?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The proximal part of the rectus femoris also has flexion of the hip as an action, making the iliopsoas and the rectus femoris synergists.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Where are the deep six lateral rotators located?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The deep six lateral rotators are found deep to the gluteus maximus.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is the action of the deep six lateral rotators?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer They laterally rotate the thigh at the hip.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Name the “deep six” lateral rotators, from superior to inferior.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer 1.Piriformis 2.Gemellus superior 3.Obturator internus 4.Gemellus inferior 5.Obturator externus 6.Quadratus femoris

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What attachment point do the deep six lateral rotators fan out from?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The greater trochanter

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is the only muscle to truly cross the sacroiliac joint?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The piriformis

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What muscle can entrap the sciatic nerve, causing pseudo sciatica?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The piriformis muscle

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is the origin of the piriformis muscle?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The anterior sacrum

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is the origin of the rectus femoris?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The anterior inferior iliac spine (AIIS) Note: It is the anterior inferior iliac spine, AIIS.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is the insertion of the biceps femoris?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The head of the fibula

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Where will you find the iliotibial band?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer On the lateral thigh, superficial to the vastus lateralis muscle.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What two muscles blend into the iliotibial (IT) band at its superior portion?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Anteriorly, the tensor fascia lata blends with the IT band. The gluteus maximus blends with the IT band from the posterior.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is the superior attachment of the IT band?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The superior attachment for the IT band is the iliac crest.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is the inferior attachment of the IT band?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The inferior attachment of the IT band is the lateral proximal tibial shaft, at a point known as Gerdy’s tubercle.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What two joints does the IT band cross?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The hip and the knee.