Lec.11 limb muscles

What is this muscle?

• gluteus medius (abducts & medially rotates thigh)

• gluteus maximus (MAJOR extensor of thigh)

What is this muscle that flexes, abducts, and laterally rotates the thigh?

Name the muscle.

Name the prime mover of thigh flexion and the muscle superficial to the femoral nerve.

• Quadriceps Femoris

• Peroneus Longus

• Iliopsoas

• Adductor Muscles

Name the unlabeled muscle.

It has a common tendon (Achilles/calcaneal) w/ the gastrocnemius. These muscles are responsible for plantar flexion.

• adductors

• vastus lateralis

• soleus

• gracilis

Identify the muscle

• flexor carpi radialis

• sartorius

• rectus femoris

• peroneus longus

name the muscle

• Vastus Medialis

• Vastus Intermedius

• Rectus Femoris

• Vastus Lateralis

The _________ is the less movable part. This is why the muscle pull starts from the insertion to origin.

For the upper limbs, the _________ muscles are flexors & for the lower limbs the __________ muscles are extensors.