Key Terms
A muscle group that aids in adduction of the hip; consists of the adductor longus, adductor brevis, and adductor magnus muscles
What is an Adductor Muscle?
is a freely movable, ball-and-socket; where muscles of back,abdomen, hamstrings, quadriceps, abductors, adductors, and gluteal attach.
What is a hip?
Upper ridge of the ilium
What is an iliac crest?
A muscle group that aids in hip movement; consists of the biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus muscles
What is a Hamstring muscle?
consists of the gluteal and hamstring muscles
What is a thigh?
The broad, slightly concave inner surface of the ilium
What is an iliac fossa?
a break to the top part of the femur where it connects to the pelvis
What is a hip fracture?
Upper ridge of the ilium
What is an iliac crest?
made up of several flattened bones that form a ring
What is a pelvis?
Bone between abdomen and inner thighs
What is a pelvis
Most common location for bursitis
What is a hip?
The portion of the pelvis attached to the pubis in front and the ilium laterally in the back; bears the weight of the body when sitting
What is an ishcium?
group of muscles that connect the lower abdomen to the thighs
What is a groin?
Large openings in the ischium on either side of the pelvis, just below the pubis
What is an obturator foramina?
a painful injury caused by a direct blow to the hip, resulting in ecchymosis, tenderness, and selling; also known as hip pointer
What is an iliac crest contusion?
The portion of the vertebral column between the lumbar vertebrae and the coccyx; composed of five fused vertebrae
What is a sacrum?
Its 2 functions are 1. support structure for human skeleton 2. transmitting weight from the axial skeleton
What is a pelvis?
3 parts of hip bone
what is ilium, ischium, pubis?
current trauma to quadricep muscles after not properly being protected after an injury
What is myositis ossificans?