All about them Glutes
More Glutes
Deep Hips
Ro Tater Tots
Action Terminology
100

What are:

1. Gluteus medius

2. Gluteus minimus

3. Gluteus maximus

100

These muscles have ____ in common. 

Piriformis

Gluteus maximus

Gluteus medius

Gluteus minimus

Tensor fasciae latae

What is abduction?

100
  • 1 of 6 Deep Hip Outward Rotators

  • Largest of the 6 lateral rotators and & most

     likely to become chronically shortened

  • 15% of the population has all or part of the sciatic nerve running through this muscle

  • Synergist to gluteus maximus

What is the piriformis? 

100
  • They all laterally rotate 

  • All insert at the greater

     trochanter

   

What are the lateral rotators of the hip? 

100

What is excursion? 

200

Posterior sacrum, coccyx, posterior iliac crest, external ilium to the posterior gluteal line and the gluteal tuberosity and iliotibial band

What are the attachments of gluteus maximus?

200

Tensor Fascia Latae actions (3)

What are

Abducts the hip
Flexes the hip
Medially rotates the hip?

200

What is Obturator Internus?

200

Pain in the rear muscle 


What is the piriformis? 

200

What is lateral flexion?

300

Attachments of gluteus medius include (2)

What are External ilium between the anterior and posterior gluteal lines and greater trochanter?

300
  • Strongest hip extensor 

  • One of the strongest muscles of the body

  • May be 1” thick

  • Power muscle: climbing stairs, rising from sitting, running

  • Synergistic to piriformis

What is gluteus maximus? 

300

Quadratus Femoris actions (2)

What are: Laterally rotates the hip &
Adducts the hip?


300

This muscles name (the green highlighted one) 

What is Gemellus Inferior?

300

30. What is supination?

31: What is pronation?

400

External ilium between the anterior and inferior gluteal lines and greater trochanter

What are the attachments of gluteus minimus? 

400

Gluteus Maximus origins (4)

What are 

Posterior sacrum

Posterior coccyx

Posterior iliac crest

External ilium to the posterior gluteal line?

400

Obturator Externus origins (4)

What are Obturator membrane
Superior pubic ramus
Inferior pubic ramus
Ischial ramus ?

400

Origins: 

Obturator membrane
Superior pubic ramus
Inferior pubic ramus
Ischial ramus

What is Obturator Externus?

400

What is opposition? 

500

Name the muscle and 4 actions 

What is gluteus medius? Abducts the hip, Medially rotates the hip, laterally rotates the hip, anteriorly and posteriorly tilts the pelvis. 

500

Origins (2) and Insertions (1) of the Tensor Fascia Latae

Origins: What are Anterior iliac crest
Anterior superior iliac crest (ASIS)?

Insertions: What is Iliotibial band (ITB)
(thickened fascial band located on lateral thigh)?

500

Strongest hip flexor

What is Psoas Major? 

500

Psoas Major origins (3)

What are Origins:

Transverse processes of T12-L5 

    (anterior body)

Vertebral bodies of T12-L5

Intervertebral disks of lumbar vertebrae

500

33. What is adduction?

34. What is abduction?

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