Where is the Gracilis Muscle located?
Medial compartment of thigh
What is this muscle? It is a muscle that flexes and extends the foot, ankle and knee!
Gastrocnemius muscle
Named after a famous muser and viner.
Satorious muscle
At the top of the Anterior Compartment of thigh.
(Hint: It's color is turquoise of the diagram shown on Thursday try to jog memory!)
Psoas major
Describe the action of the Adductor Longus. Feel free to show movement as an answer...
Moves thigh and rotates
This muscle extends from back of knee to heel.
(Hint: Helps you walk and stand try to remember previous slide!)
Soleus muscle
This muscle is in the anterior compartment of the thigh it's on the outside of your thigh.
(Hint: Think about the very beginning of slideshow no notes!)
Quadriceps Femoris
At the bottom of the Anterior Compartment of thigh.
(Hint: It is orange of diagrams shown on Thursday.)
Pectineus
What is the Adductor Brevis next to?
Adductor longus
This muscle flexes the ankle and knee joint. By extending from outside.
Plantaris muscle
This muscle looks like what falls down your face when you cry.
(Hint: You don't have to say full name.)
Quadriceps Femoris Vastus Medialis
This muscle has a bumpy surface on the pelvis
Gluteus Minimus Muscle
What does the Bicep Femoris extend to the top of?
The top of the Fibula
This muscle is found in the back of the thigh and runs from the surface of the pelvis.
Semimembranosus
This is the DEEPEST quadricep muscle...
Quadriceps Femoris Vastus Intermedius
Serves totally different function from Hamstring muscle.
Rectus Femoris
The Semitendinosis is part of which muscle group?
Hamstring
Supports you when you sit.
(Hint: The name of it's location may make you laugh.)
Gluteus maximus
It flexes the trunk in the Anterior Compartment.
lliacus
List the parts of the Anterior Compartment of the thigh in order top to bottom.
(Hint:It starts with p letter word and ends with p letter word.)
Psoas major, lliacus, Rectus Femoris, Vastus medialis, Vastus Lateralis, Satorious and finally Pectineus.