Hip 2

which ligament prevents excessive hyperextension of hip when standing?

• pubofemoral ligament

• calcaneofibular ligament

• iliofemoral ligament

• ischiofemoral ligament

what are the important nerve innervations of the hip?

• femoral nerve

• obturator nerve

• superior gluteal nerve

• nerve to the quadratus femoris

what are the movements of the hip? List them all.

• flexion

• extension

• abduction

• adduction

• external rotation & internal rotation

what are the three main muscles that flex the hip?

• psoas major

• iliacus

• rectus femoris

• gluteus maximus

what two muscles primarily function as abductors?

• gluteus medius

• gluteus minimus

• rectus femoris

• bicep femoris

what muscles function as extensors of the hip?

• gluteus maximus

• bicep femoris

• semitendinosus

• semimembranosus

• adductor magnus

what muscles function as adductors?

• adductor longus

• adductor brevis

• adductor magnus

• gracilis