Origins/ Insertions
Movement
Stretch
Miscellaneous 1
Miscellaneous 2
100
This medial hip muscles insert on the pes anserine
What is the Gracilis
100
Muscle responsible for the splits
What is Gracilis
100
Generally to stretch the medial hip muscles what must the leg do
What is abduct
100
True or False: The bones that act as anchors for the medial hip muscles are as follows: illium, femur, patella, tibia, & fibula
What is False
100
Which adductor forms the medial border of the femoral triangle
What is Adductor Longus
200
This deep muscle originates on the anterior surface of the sacrum & is a horizontal posterior hip muscle
What is the Piriformis
200
All the medial hip muscles have this action in common
What is adduction
200
To stretch the Piriformis what do you do
What is medially rotate the hip
200
True or False: The Gracilis is also a great medial knee stabilizer
What is True
200
The muscle fibers of the Gracilis run which direction
What is longitudinal (up & down, superior & inferior)
300
The Adductor Magnus originates on the what
What is the inferior ramus of the pubis (pubis) and ischium (ischial tuberosity)
300
The only Adductor that can also flex the knee
What is Gracilis
300
Abducting the hip, and laterally rotating the flexed knee stretches what medial hip muscle
What is the Gracilis
300
The Piriformis can impinge what nerve
What is sciatic nerve
300
What allows for lateral rotation of the hip for the piriformis
What is the insertion on the Greater Trochanter
400
This muscle inserts on the medial lip of the linea aspera
What is the adductor longus
400
The Adductor Magnus can also do what to the hip
What is extend the hip (assist in flexion)
400
You can also extend the hip & medially rotate the leg to stretch this lateral rotator
What is the piriformis
400
A laterally rotated foot/leg is a sign of what muscle's hyptertonic state
What is Piriformis
400
Name the most anterior medial hip muscle
What is Adductor Longus
500
All the medial hip muscles have an origin that is ___ to the insertion (directional)
What is superior
500
There are how many small muscles that laterally rotate the hip (the piriformis is one of them)
What is six
500
If a muscle's anterior & posterior fibers do opposite actions, how then do you stretch the muscle?
What is multiple stretches to access each fibers
500
On the Adductor Magnus, the arching gap at the distal end is called the ___
What is Adductor Hiatus
500
Bonus: (Worth 1000) Name the cartilage located on the medial, anterior gap between the two ilium
What is the Pubic Symphsis
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