Sports Medicine Hip/Pelvis

What type of joint is the hip joint?

• condyloid

• hinge

• gliding

• ball and socket

True or False:

The hip joint has a wide range of motion

• True

• False

True or False:

The pelvis is one large circular bone that supports the femur

• True

• False

True or False:

The function of the pelvis is to transmit weight from the axial skeleton to the appendicular skeleton?

• True

• False

Check all that apply:

The pelvis

• houses the parts of the digestive system

• houses the respiratory system

• houses the reproductive system of males and females

• houses parts of the urinary system

• provides attachment for muscles that control the lower limbs

Using the diagram above which of these is a male pelvis?

• A

• B

The obturator foramen (foramina) is a large opening in each ischium. It admits blood vessels and _______ from the abdominal cavity to the inside of the upper legs.

• muscles

• nerves

• cartilage

• ligaments

The hip joint is where the spherical head of the femur fits into the deep socket of the pelvis, this round fossa is called the

• coccyx

• sacrum

• acetabulum

• ilium

Adductor brevis, adductor longus, and adductor magnus muscles aids in _________ of the hip.

• Abduction

• Adduction

• Extension

• Flexor

The muscles iliopsoas, sartorius, pectineus, and rectus femoris all assist in hip

• flexion

• internal rotation

• external rotation

• adduction