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Lower Limb Skeleton
Hip & Thigh Muscles
11
Anatomy
Undergraduate 4
10/11/2011

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Term
Psoas major
Definition
Origin: bodies & transverse processes of lumbar vertebrae
Insertion: Lesser trochanter of femur
Action: flexes thigh
Innervation: Lumbar ventral rami
Term
Iliacus
Definition
Origin: iliac fossa
Insertion: Lesser trochanter of femur
Action: Flexes thigh
Innervation: Femoral nerve
Term
Gleteus maximus
Definition
Origin: Posterior ilium, sacrum, sacrotuberous ligament, and coccyx
Insertion: Iliotibial tract, gluteal tuberosity of femur
Action: Extends thigh; assists in laeral rotation of thigh
Innervation: inferior gluteal nerve
Term
tensor fasciae latae
Definition
Origin: Iliac crest, anterior superior iliac spine
Insertion: iliotbial tract
Action: abducts & flexes thigh
Innervation: Superior gluteal nerve
Term
Glueteus medius
Definition
Origin: Lateral surface of ilium
Insertion: lateral surface of greater trochanter
Action: Abducts thigh
Innervation: Superior gluteal nerve
Term
Gluteus minimus
Definition
Origin: lateral surface of ilium (inferior to origin of medius)
Insertion: Anterior surface of greater trochanter
Action: abducts & medially rotates thigh
Innervation: Superior gluteal nerve
Term
Rectus femoris
Definition
Origin: Anterior inferior iliac spine
Insertion: Tibial tuberosity via patellar tendon
Action: extends leg, flexes thigh
Innervation: femoral nerve
Term
Vastus lateralis
Definition
Origin: Lateral margin of linea aspera & greater trochanger
Insertion: Tibial tuberosity via patellar tendon
Action: extends leg
Innervation: Femoral nerve
Term
Vastus intermedius
Definition
Origin: Anterior & lateral surfaces of femur
Insertion: tibial tuberosity via patellar tendon
Action: extends leg
Innervation: femoral nerve
Term
vastus medialis
Definition
Origin: meidal margin of linea aspera
Insertion: tibial tuberosity via patellar tendon
Action: extends leg
Innervation: femoral nerve
Term
Sartorius
Definition
Origin: Anterior superior iliac spine
Insertion: Medial surface of proximal tibia
Action: Flexes leg; flexes and laterally rotates thigh
Innervation: Femoral nerve
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