Human Anatomy Weekly Quiz 6

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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

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What muscle in the medial compartment of the thigh has the most lateral origin and the most superior insertion?

pectineus

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What is the most anterior muscle that inserts on the calcaneus via the calcaneal tendon?

soleus

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What is the most medial/superior of the deep muscles that flex the thigh at the hip joint?

psoas major

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What is the most posterior muscle in the posterior compartment of the leg?

gastrocnemius

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What muscle of the lateral compartment of the leg is the most anterior when passing posterior to the lateral malleolus?

fibularis brevis

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What muscle of the gluteal muscle group is the most proximal/medial/anterior?

tensor fasciae latae

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What is the most anterior/proximal muscle in the anterior compartment of the thigh?

sartorius

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What muscle has its tendon pass the most posterior as it passes the medial malleolus?

flexor hallucis longus

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What muscle of the leg crosses two joints that are not joints found in the digits?

gastrocnemius

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What is the deepest/most inferior/most posterior muscle in the gluteal muscle compartment of the thigh?

piriformis

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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

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What runs the length of the thigh in the lateral view?

iliotibial tract

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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

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What two muscles both insert on the lesser trochanter of the femur?

iliacus, psoas major

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What muscle of the posterior thigh group is the most lateral?

biceps femoris long head

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What is the insertion for the three deep muscles of the gluteal group?

greater trochanter of the femur

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What is the most medial/superior of the deep muscles that flex the thigh at the hip joint?

psoas major

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What is the most superficial muscle in the midline of the anterior antebrachium?

palmaris longus

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What muscle that moves the pectoral girdle is totally anterior?

pectoralis minor

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What muscle of the anterior compartment of the leg inserts on metatarsal I and the medial cuneiform bone?

tibialis anterior

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What is the most posterior/superficial muscle of the gluteal muscle compartment of the thigh?

gluteus maximus