Anterior Compartment
What is the femoral nerve?
This short muscle is deep to the adductor longus
What is the adductor brevis?
This site is the common origin of the hamstring muscles.
What is the ischial tuberosity?
This large hip extensor is innervated by the inferior gluteal nerve
What is the gluteus maximus?
Flexion of the knee joint is dependent on this muscle group
What is the posterior compartment/hamstrings?
This quadriceps muscle is more prone to tearing due to over-stretching
What is the rectus femoris?
This large muscle has innervation from 2 nerves.
What is the adductor magnus?
This flexor of the leg is innervated by the obturator nerve
What is the hamstring portion of adductor magnus?
These important nerves leave the greater sciatic foramen inferior to the piriformis muscle.
What are the inferior gluteal nerves and sciatic nerve?
Flexion of the hip and extension of the knee can be achieved by this singular muscle
What is the rectus femoris?
This weak flexor forms the floor of the femoral triangle
What is the pectineus?
The obutrator nerve innervates this muscle compartment coming off certain spinal levels.
What are the L2, L3 and L4 spinal nerves.
This muscle is the only hamstring muscle not to receive innervation from the tibial nerve.
What is the short head of the biceps femoris?
This small stabiliser is located between the two gemelli muscles.
What is obturator internus?
The patella bone is important in increasing the force of this strong action.
What is knee extension?
The majority of the quadriceps pulls superolaterally on the patella bone, this important muscle resists this movement.
What is the vastus medialis?
This bony ridge on the back of the femur is the insertion point of the majority of these muscles
What is the linea aspera?
This muscle can be used for autograft in repair of a torn ACL ligament.
What is the semitendinosus?
Poor innervation to the gluteus medius and minimus will cause this examinable sign.
What is Trendelenurg Sign?
Someone who has injury to the spinal nerve S1 will have limits on this hip movment.
What is hip abduction?
This uncommon traumatic injury is more likely in young people, whereas older people are more likely to rupture their patella tendon.
What is an avulsion of the tibial tuberosity?
This artery branching off the femoral artery supplies the majority of this compartment
What is the deep femoral artery?
Treatment of a muscle strain should follow this 4 letter protocol.
What is the RICE protocol (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation).
This nerve innervates the gemelli inferior, as well as the quadratus femoris.
What is the nerve to quadratus femoris?
A male dog urinating has all its movements contributed to in part by this muscle.
What is the sartorius?