Neck and Trunk
This is the largest muscle in the anterior compartment of the cervical spine.
What is the sternocleidomastoid?
The shoulder girdle is comprised of these two bones.
What are the scapula and clavicle?
Degrees of freedom of the wrist.
What are two degrees of freedom?
The three parts of the hip bone.
What are the ischium, ilium, and pubis?
This muscle unlocks the knee by initiating knee flexion.
What is popliteus?
Most superficial group of muscles that run the length of the spine.
What is the erector spinae group?
This landmark on the scapula is used for rotation reference and referencing position or tipping of the scapula.
What is the inferior angle of the scapula?
Flexors of the wrist originate at this bony landmark.
What is the medial epicondyle?
This pelvic tilt occurs when the ASIS is located anterior to symphysis pubis.
What is an anterior tilt?
This bony landmark is the insertion point for the quadricep muscles.
What is the tibial tuberosity?
This muscle is responsible for hip hiking.
What is quadratus lumborum?
This ligament is responsible for connecting the right clavicle to the left clavicle and runs superior to the manubrium of the sternum.
What is the interclavicular ligament?
This muscle is missing in 21% of the population.
What is palmaris longus?
This muscle originates at the coccyx and iliac crest, inserts at the gluteal tuberosity and IT band, and is responsible for extension, lateral rotation, and abduction of the hip.
What is the gluteus maximus?
The only true weight bearing bone of the leg.
What is the tibia?
This muscle originates at the pubic crest and inserts at the xiphoid process and is essential in flexing the trunk.
What is rectus abdominis?
Originating on the spinous processes of T5-T12 vertebrae and inserting on the base of the spine of the scapula, these muscle fibers are responsible for depression and upward rotation of the scapula.
What is lower trapezius?
The end feel of radial deviation.
What is hard end feel?
These three muscles insert at the pes anserinus tendon.
What are gracilis, sartorius, and semitendinosus?
Three muscles located in the lateral compartment of the leg.
What are fibularis (peroneus) longus, brevis, and tertius?
This cervical muscle is superficial to the suboccipital muscles, it is responsible for neck extension and inserts onto the mastoid process
What is splenius capitis?
These muscles produce a force couple to achieve upward rotation of the scapula.
What are upper trapezius, lower trapezius, and serratus anterior?
These two muscles are responsible for ulnar deviation.
What are flexor carpi ulnaris and extensor carpi ulnaris?
Known as the longest muscle in the body, it originates at the ASIS and is a hip flexor.
What is sartorius?
This muscle is responsible for foot inversion and and plantarflexion, origin is the proximal posterior shaft of the tibia and fibula and interosseous membrane and inserts on all five tarsal bones.
What is Tibialis Posterior?