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13 Cards in this Set
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What is the general action of muscles in the anterior compartment of the thigh?
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Flexors of hip and extensors of knee
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What is the primary innervation of most muscles in the anterior compartment of the thigh?
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Femoral nerve
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What is the general action of muscles in the medial compartment of the thigh?
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Adductors of the thigh
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What is the primary innervation of most muscles in the medial compartment of the thigh?
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Obturator nerve
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What is the general action of the gluteal muscles?
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Lateral rotation of the thigh
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What is the general action of the muscles of the posterior thigh?
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Flex leg and extend thigh
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What is the innervation of the muscles of the posterior thigh?
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Divisions of the sciatic nerve (mostly tibial)
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What is the innervation of the anterior leg muscles?
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Deep fibular nerve
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What are the actions of the anterior leg muscles?
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Dorsiflexion, inversion and eversion, extension of digits
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What is the innervation of the lateral leg muscles?
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Superficial fibular nerve
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What is the action of the lateral leg muscles?
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Eversion and plantarflexion
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What is the action of the posterior leg muscles?
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Plantarflexion, flexion of digits
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What is the innervation of the posterior leg muscles?
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Tibial nerve
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