2024 ANATOMY - STOTT PILATES
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Which muscles oppose each other on the anteriorposterior sides of the foot?
- CORRECT-ANSWERSAnterior: Dorsiflexors
Posterior: Plantar Flexors
What muscles are responsible/involved in hip abduction? (3) - CORRECT-
ANSWERSGluteus medius
Gluteus minimus
Tensor fascia latae
Which muscles oppose each other on the later and rotary sides of the foot? -
CORRECT-ANSWERSLateral: Tibialis
Peroneals
What is the function of Tibialis anterior? - CORRECT-ANSWERSdorsiflexing
and inverting the foot.
What are the anteroposterior muscles of the hip? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSAnterior: Iliopsoas, rectus femoris, tensor fasciae latae, sartorius
Posterior: Glutes and hamstrings
Describe the 6 actions of the hip joint - CORRECT-ANSWERSAbduction - leg
moves away from midline
adduction - leg moves toward midline
flexion - femur moves proximally
extension - femur moves distally
Internal rotation - Femur spirals in socket toward midline
External rotation - femur spirals in socket away from midline
What muscles are responsible/involved in hip flexion? (7 primary) -
CORRECT-ANSWERSPsoas Major*
Iliacus*
Rectus femoris
Sartorius
Tensor Fascia latae
Gluteus medius (anterior fibers)
Gluteus minimus
, *iliopsoas group
What muscles are responsible/involved in hip extension? (2 primary) -
CORRECT-ANSWERSGluteus maximus
Hamstrings (biceps femoris (lateral) semimembranosus (medial) and
semitendinosus (medial).
What muscles are responsible/involved in hip Adduction? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSThe adductor group:
Adductor brevis
Adductor longis
adductor magnus
Adductor minimus
Gracilis
Pectineus
What muscles are responsible for hip internal rotation? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSTensor fasciae latae (outer hip)
parts of the gluteus medius and the gluteus minimus
the adductor longus, brevis, and magnus (inner thigh)
the pectineus (upper frontal thigh)
What muscles are responsible for hip external rotation? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSLateral rotator group
Piriformis
Gluteus maximus (lower fibers)
Gluteus medius and minimus
Describe the two actions of the ankle - CORRECT-ANSWERSDorsiflexion - toes
towards the nose
Plantar flexion - toes away from nose (pointed)
What is the rotator cuff? - CORRECT-ANSWERSa group of muscles and
tendons that surround the shoulder joint, keeping the head of your upper
arm bone firmly within the shallow socket of the shoulder.
help stabilize the shoulder
What posterior muscles of the trunk exert an upward posterior pull on the
pelvis? - CORRECT-ANSWERSErector spinae, Quadratus lumborum
(attaches to the posterior superior part of the pelvis)
What anterior muscles of the trunk exert an upward anterior pull on the
pelvis? - CORRECT-ANSWERSRectus abdominus, external obliques
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Which muscles oppose each other on the anteriorposterior sides of the foot?
- CORRECT-ANSWERSAnterior: Dorsiflexors
Posterior: Plantar Flexors
What muscles are responsible/involved in hip abduction? (3) - CORRECT-
ANSWERSGluteus medius
Gluteus minimus
Tensor fascia latae
Which muscles oppose each other on the later and rotary sides of the foot? -
CORRECT-ANSWERSLateral: Tibialis
Peroneals
What is the function of Tibialis anterior? - CORRECT-ANSWERSdorsiflexing
and inverting the foot.
What are the anteroposterior muscles of the hip? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSAnterior: Iliopsoas, rectus femoris, tensor fasciae latae, sartorius
Posterior: Glutes and hamstrings
Describe the 6 actions of the hip joint - CORRECT-ANSWERSAbduction - leg
moves away from midline
adduction - leg moves toward midline
flexion - femur moves proximally
extension - femur moves distally
Internal rotation - Femur spirals in socket toward midline
External rotation - femur spirals in socket away from midline
What muscles are responsible/involved in hip flexion? (7 primary) -
CORRECT-ANSWERSPsoas Major*
Iliacus*
Rectus femoris
Sartorius
Tensor Fascia latae
Gluteus medius (anterior fibers)
Gluteus minimus
, *iliopsoas group
What muscles are responsible/involved in hip extension? (2 primary) -
CORRECT-ANSWERSGluteus maximus
Hamstrings (biceps femoris (lateral) semimembranosus (medial) and
semitendinosus (medial).
What muscles are responsible/involved in hip Adduction? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSThe adductor group:
Adductor brevis
Adductor longis
adductor magnus
Adductor minimus
Gracilis
Pectineus
What muscles are responsible for hip internal rotation? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSTensor fasciae latae (outer hip)
parts of the gluteus medius and the gluteus minimus
the adductor longus, brevis, and magnus (inner thigh)
the pectineus (upper frontal thigh)
What muscles are responsible for hip external rotation? - CORRECT-
ANSWERSLateral rotator group
Piriformis
Gluteus maximus (lower fibers)
Gluteus medius and minimus
Describe the two actions of the ankle - CORRECT-ANSWERSDorsiflexion - toes
towards the nose
Plantar flexion - toes away from nose (pointed)
What is the rotator cuff? - CORRECT-ANSWERSa group of muscles and
tendons that surround the shoulder joint, keeping the head of your upper
arm bone firmly within the shallow socket of the shoulder.
help stabilize the shoulder
What posterior muscles of the trunk exert an upward posterior pull on the
pelvis? - CORRECT-ANSWERSErector spinae, Quadratus lumborum
(attaches to the posterior superior part of the pelvis)
What anterior muscles of the trunk exert an upward anterior pull on the
pelvis? - CORRECT-ANSWERSRectus abdominus, external obliques
