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What attaches to the tibial tuberosity? |
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The patellar ligament (quadricep) |
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What is the correct term for your "shin bone"? |
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Anterior border of the tibia |
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What is the tip of the head of the femur called? |
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Is the fibula always lateral? |
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Yes, and the tibia is always medial |
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Where at the lateral and medial condyles located? |
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The superior end of the tibia |
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Where is the only articulation of the patella? |
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Patellar surface on the femur |
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Where is the linea aspera located? |
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What is the connective tissue that surrounds and individual fiber? |
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What is the connective tissue that surrounds a bundle of fibers called a FASCICLE? |
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What connective tissue surrounds the whole muscle belly? |
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Moving laterally from midline |
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Moving medially toward midline |
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What is the longest muscle in the body? |
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What are the anterior femoral muscles? |
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Sartorius, rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius |
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outermost layer of the skin, lacks blood vessels |
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deep to epidermis, supplied with vessels, nerves, oil and sweat glands, hair follicles |
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oil glands into hair follicles |
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large, blunt or rounded process |
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small, blunt or rounded process |
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pointed projection of the bone |
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prominent border that may be rough |
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smooth structure, either concave or convex, joined directly to the long shaft of the bone |
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Where is the highest point of the iliac crest located? |
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What side are ankle sprains more common on and why? |
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Lateral, foot is inverted with weight on ankle |
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What are the 7 tarsal bones? |
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Talus, Calcaenus, Navicular, Cuboid, Cuneiforms (3) |
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"striped muscle" with thick myosin and thin actin (proteins) |
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What is the longest tendon in the body? |
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Calcaneal tendon (Achille's Tendon) |
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Where is the superior gluteal nerve located? |
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Emerges superior from the piriformis muscle |
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What does the superior gluteal nerve innervate? |
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Gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, and tensor fasciae latae (all m.) |
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Where is the inferior gluteal nerve and what does it innervate? |
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Emerges below piriformis, gluteus maximus |
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Where is the femoral nerve? |
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Passes through psoas major and descends between it and iliacus (m.) As it enters the thigh, passes under inguinal ligament |
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What does the femoral nerve innervate? |
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iliacus and anterior femoral muscles |
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Where is the obturator nerve and what does it innervate? |
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Passes through obturator foramen to enter medial thigh, innervates medial thigh muscles |
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Where is the sciatic nerve and what does it innervate? |
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The sciatic nerve is located on the posterior femur and it innervates the posterior femoral muscles |
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Common fibular (peroneal) nerve |
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lateral division of sciatic nerve, innervates short head of biceps femoris |
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Deep fibular (peroneal) nerve |
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Medial branch of sciatic nerve, passes through anterior leg where it innervates anterior muscles and passes through dorsum of foot |
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Which is more superficial: the semimembranousus or semitendinosus hamstring? |
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What are the muscles of the posterior thigh? |
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Semitendinosus and semimembranosus hamstrings, biceps femoris |
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How do the posterior thigh muscles function? |
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Extensors of the hip joint, flexors of the knee joint |
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What are the muscles of the medial thigh? |
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Pectineus, adductor brevis, adductor longus, adductor magnus, gracilis and the obturator externus |
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Do muscles of the medial thigh run deep or superficial to muscles of the anterior thigh? |
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Which adductor of the medial thigh crosses over the medial knee and inserts on the medial tibia? |
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Which adductor goes through the obturator foramen? |
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Which adductor muscle of the medial thigh is the most superficial? |
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