The Glutes
The Origin of this muscle is the coccyx, edge of sacrum, posterior iliac crest, sacrotuberous and sacroiliac ligaments
What is the Gluteus Maximus
All adductors except this muscle assist to flex the hip
What is the gracilis?
The Origin of the sartorius
what is the ASIS?
The largest muscle in the body.
What is the Gluteus maximus?
The common insertion of the quads
What is the Tibial tuberosity?
The gluteus minimus has this insertion.
What is the anterior aspect of the greater trochanter?
The adductor Longus and adductor Brevis share the same insertion.
What is the pectineal line and the medial lip of the linea aspera?
The insertion of this muscle is the Iliotibial tract
What is the origin TFL?
The longest muscle in the body?
What is the Sartorius
The common origin of the Hamstrings
What is the ischial tuberosity
All the gluteal muscles perform this particular action
What is abduct the hip?
The adductor Magnus' Origin.
What is the inferior ramus of the pubis, ramus of the ischium and ischial tuberosity
Iliac crest, posterior of the asis
What is the TFL
Latin for comb-like
What is the pectineus?
All of the Quads perform extension of the knee, but this quad also flexes the hip
What is Rectus Femoris?
This is the insertion of the Gluteus Maximus
What is the Iliotibial tract (upper fibers) and gluteal tuberosity (lower fibers)
With a name that "slender" in latin this is the most superficial muscle on the medial side of the thigh.
What is the Gracilis?
The proximal, medial shaft of the tibia at the Pes anserinus tendon
What is the insertion of the Sartorius?
Known as the "floor of the adductors," this muscle lies anterior to the hamstrings
What is the Adductor Magnus?
This is the only hamstring to laterally rotate the hip
What is Biceps Femoris?
This fan shaped muscle abducts the hip, its anterior fibers flex the hip, medially rotate the hip and the posterior fibers extend the hip, and laterally rotate the hip
What is Gluteus Medius?
Pectineal line of femur and the Superior Ramus of pubis.
What are the insertion and origin of the pectineus?
The Sartorius is known as the tailor's muscle because it performs these 5 actions to bring the thigh and leg into a position that a tailor would use while sewing.
What are flexing the hip, laterally rotating the hip, abduct the hip, flexing the knee, and medially rotating the flexed knee?
This superficial sheet of fascia runs along the lateral leg
IT band
The insertion of the semimembranosus
What is the posterior aspect of the medial condyle of tibia?