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SESSION 6 - Posterior Muscles Of The Lower Limb
1. Which two joints do the hamstrings act upon?
2. Which of the hamstrings laterally rotates the flexed knee?
3. Could it equally rotate the extended knee?
4. Which posterior thigh muscle could be said to belong to both the adductor and
hamstring groups?
5. What is the difference in nerve supply between the two heads of biceps
femoris?
6. What are the two main branches of the sciatic nerve?
7. How do they differ in their root values?
8. Which side of the tibia do the semimembranosus and semitendinosus insert?
9. What nerves lie on either side (anterior and posterior) of adductor brevis?
10. What is the difference between plantar flexion and true ankle flexion?
11. What three features have plantaris, soleus and gastrocnemius in common?
12. What lies between the calcaneal tendon and the posterior surface of the
calcaneus?
13. What is a fundamental difference between soleus and gastrocnemius?
14. What is an important secondary function of soleus other than providing
movement?
15. Which tendon lies nearest to the medial malleolus?
16. Which nerve and artery pass into the foot below and behind the medial
malleolus?
17. Which two muscles are most responsible for inversion of the foot?
18. Which two muscles are most responsible for eversion of the foot?
19. Which muscle in the sole of the foot is the equivalent to flexor digitorum
superficialis in the arm?
20. What do you think its nerve supply is, using the analogy of the median and
ulnar nerves in relation to the medial and lateral plantar nerves?
21. Using the same analogy, what nerve will supply the adductor hallucis?
22. Can you name the tarsal bones?
23. What two features of the talus make it different from most bones in the body
but similar to one in the hand?
24. Which is the most distal bit of skin that is supplied by the femoral nerve?
25. What is the fundamental difference between peroneus longus/brevis and
peroneus tertius?
26. What muscle ARISES from the linea aspera?