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| What attaches to the tibial tuberosity? |
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| The patellar ligament (quadricep) |
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| What is the correct term for your "shin bone"? |
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| Anterior border of the tibia |
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| What is the tip of the head of the femur called? |
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| Is the fibula always lateral? |
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| Yes, and the tibia is always medial |
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| Where at the lateral and medial condyles located? |
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| The superior end of the tibia |
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| Where is the only articulation of the patella? |
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| Patellar surface on the femur |
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| Where is the linea aspera located? |
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| What is the connective tissue that surrounds and individual fiber? |
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| What is the connective tissue that surrounds a bundle of fibers called a FASCICLE? |
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| What connective tissue surrounds the whole muscle belly? |
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| Moving laterally from midline |
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| Moving medially toward midline |
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| What is the longest muscle in the body? |
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| What are the anterior femoral muscles? |
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| Sartorius, rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius |
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| outermost layer of the skin, lacks blood vessels |
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| deep to epidermis, supplied with vessels, nerves, oil and sweat glands, hair follicles |
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| oil glands into hair follicles |
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| large, blunt or rounded process |
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| small, blunt or rounded process |
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| pointed projection of the bone |
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| prominent border that may be rough |
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| smooth structure, either concave or convex, joined directly to the long shaft of the bone |
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| Where is the highest point of the iliac crest located? |
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| What side are ankle sprains more common on and why? |
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| Lateral, foot is inverted with weight on ankle |
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| What are the 7 tarsal bones? |
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| Talus, Calcaenus, Navicular, Cuboid, Cuneiforms (3) |
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| "striped muscle" with thick myosin and thin actin (proteins) |
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| What is the longest tendon in the body? |
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| Calcaneal tendon (Achille's Tendon) |
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| Where is the superior gluteal nerve located? |
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| Emerges superior from the piriformis muscle |
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| What does the superior gluteal nerve innervate? |
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| Gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, and tensor fasciae latae (all m.) |
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| Where is the inferior gluteal nerve and what does it innervate? |
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| Emerges below piriformis, gluteus maximus |
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| Where is the femoral nerve? |
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| Passes through psoas major and descends between it and iliacus (m.) As it enters the thigh, passes under inguinal ligament |
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| What does the femoral nerve innervate? |
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| iliacus and anterior femoral muscles |
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| Where is the obturator nerve and what does it innervate? |
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| Passes through obturator foramen to enter medial thigh, innervates medial thigh muscles |
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| Where is the sciatic nerve and what does it innervate? |
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| The sciatic nerve is located on the posterior femur and it innervates the posterior femoral muscles |
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| Common fibular (peroneal) nerve |
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| lateral division of sciatic nerve, innervates short head of biceps femoris |
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| Deep fibular (peroneal) nerve |
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| Medial branch of sciatic nerve, passes through anterior leg where it innervates anterior muscles and passes through dorsum of foot |
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| Which is more superficial: the semimembranousus or semitendinosus hamstring? |
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| What are the muscles of the posterior thigh? |
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| Semitendinosus and semimembranosus hamstrings, biceps femoris |
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| How do the posterior thigh muscles function? |
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| Extensors of the hip joint, flexors of the knee joint |
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| What are the muscles of the medial thigh? |
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| Pectineus, adductor brevis, adductor longus, adductor magnus, gracilis and the obturator externus |
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| Do muscles of the medial thigh run deep or superficial to muscles of the anterior thigh? |
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| Which adductor of the medial thigh crosses over the medial knee and inserts on the medial tibia? |
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| Which adductor goes through the obturator foramen? |
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| Which adductor muscle of the medial thigh is the most superficial? |
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