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Thoracic Wall, Abdominal Wall, Pelvic Girdle, Lower Appendicular Muscles
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What muscle in the medial compartment of the thigh has the most medial origin and the most distal insertion?
gracilis
What muscle in the medial compartment of the thigh has the most lateral origin and the most superior insertion?
pectineus
What is the most anterior muscle that inserts on the calcaneus via the calcaneal tendon?
soleus
What is the most medial/superior of the deep muscles that flex the thigh at the hip joint?
psoas major
What is the most posterior muscle in the posterior compartment of the leg?
gastrocnemius
What muscle of the lateral compartment of the leg is the most anterior when passing posterior to the lateral malleolus?
fibularis brevis
What muscle of the gluteal muscle group is the most proximal/medial/anterior?
tensor fasciae latae
What is the most anterior/proximal muscle in the anterior compartment of the thigh?
sartorius
What muscle has its tendon pass the most posterior as it passes the medial malleolus?
flexor hallucis longus
What muscle of the leg crosses two joints that are not joints found in the digits?
gastrocnemius
What is the deepest/most inferior/most posterior muscle in the gluteal muscle compartment of the thigh?
piriformis
What is the common origin for two of the muscles and one head of a muscle in the posterior compartment of the thigh?
ischial tuberosity of the ischium
What runs the length of the thigh in the lateral view?
iliotibial tract
What is the insertion of the deepest, midline muscle of the quadriceps femoris group?
patella via quadriceps tendon, tibial tuberosity of the tibia via patellar ligament
What two muscles both insert on the lesser trochanter of the femur?
iliacus, psoas major
What muscle of the posterior thigh group is the most lateral?
biceps femoris long head
What is the insertion for the three deep muscles of the gluteal group?
greater trochanter of the femur
What is the most medial/superior of the deep muscles that flex the thigh at the hip joint?
psoas major
What is the most superficial muscle in the midline of the anterior antebrachium?
palmaris longus
What muscle that moves the pectoral girdle is totally anterior?
pectoralis minor
What muscle of the anterior compartment of the leg inserts on metatarsal I and the medial cuneiform bone?
tibialis anterior
What is the most posterior/superficial muscle of the gluteal muscle compartment of the thigh?
gluteus maximus