Muscle Compartments Of The Lower Extremeties

Front 1

Anterior Compartment of Thigh
Muscles?

Back 1

1.Sartorious
Quadraceps Femoris: 2.Rectus Femoris, 3.Vastus Lateralis, 4.Vastus Medialis, 5. Vastus Intermedialis
6.Articularis Genu
7.Distal Portion of The Iliopsoas

Front 2

Anterior Compartment of Thigh Muscle exceptions?

Back 2

Sartorus: weak hip flexor
Rectus Femoris: weak hip flexor
Articularis Genu: B/c it lifts up on the synovial membrane so the bursa doesnt get squashed beneath the knee cap when the knee goes into full extention

Front 3

Anterior Compartment of Thigh vasculization?

Back 3

Femoral Artery & Profunda Femoral Artery

Front 4

Anterior Compartment of Thigh Innervation?

Back 4

Femoral Nerve

Front 5

Medial Compartment of Thigh
Muscles?

Back 5

1 Gracilis
Aductors: 2 Adductor Longus, 3 Adductor Brevis, 4 Adductor Magnus
5 Pectineus

Front 6

Medial Compartment of Thigh Muscle exceptions?

Back 6

Pectineus: innervated by the femoral nerve
Adductor Magnus: innervated by the Obturator Nerve and the Tibial Portion of the Sciatic Nerve

Front 7

Medial Compartment of Thigh vasculization?

Back 7

Deep Femoral Artery

Front 8

Medial Compartment of Thigh Innervation?

Back 8

Obturator Nerve

Front 9

Medial Compartment of Thigh Action?

Back 9

Adducts the hip

Front 10

Posterior Compartment of Thigh
Muscles?

Back 10

Biceps Femoris: 1Short Head
2Long Head
3. Semitendinousus
4. Semimembranous

Front 11

Posterior Compartment of Thigh
Vasculization?

Back 11

Perforating Artery

Front 12

Posterior Compartment of Thigh
Innervation?

Back 12

Sciatic Nerve (Tibial portion)

Front 13

Posterior Compartment of Thigh Action?

Back 13

Knee Flexors and Hip Extensors

Front 14

Posterior Compartment of Thigh
Exceptions?

Back 14

Short Head of Bicep Femoris:
--Knee flexor only.
--innervated by the Fibular Nerve aka Peroneal Nerve

Front 15

Anterior Compartment of Leg Muscles?

Back 15

1 Tbialis Anterior
2 Fibualris Tertius
3 Extensor Digitorum Longus
4 Extensor Hallicus Longus

Front 16

Anterior compartment of Leg
Vasculization?

Back 16

Anterior Tibial Artery

Front 17

Anterior compartment of Leg
Innervation?

Back 17

Peroneal Nerve

Front 18

Anterior compartment of Leg
Action?

Back 18

Foot Decelerators (Foot dorsi flexors

Front 19

Anterior compartment of Leg
exceptions?

Back 19

Fibularis Tertius: ankle evertor (absent in 38% of people) comes off the tendon of the Extensor Digitorum Longus

Front 20

Lateral Compartment of Leg Muscles?

Back 20

1 Fibularis (peroneal) Longus
2 Fibularis (Peroneal) Brevis

Front 21

Lateral Compartment of Leg
Vasculaization?

Back 21

Fibular (peroneal) Artery

Front 22

Lateral compartment of Leg
Innervation?

Back 22

Superficial Fibular (Peroneal) Nerve

Front 23

Lateral compartment of Leg
Action?

Back 23

Ankle Evertors

Front 24

Posterior Superficial compartment Leg muscles?

Back 24

1 Gastrocnemius
2 Soleus
3 Plantaris

Front 25

Posterior Superficial compartment Leg Vasculation?

Back 25

Posterior Tibial Artery

Front 26

Posterior Superficial compartment Leg Action?

Back 26

Plantar flexors (flexing of the entire foot inferiorly)

Front 27

Posterior Superficial compartment Leg Innervation?

Back 27

Tibial Nerve

Front 28

Posterior Superficial compartment Leg exceptions?

Back 28

Gastrcnemius: both heads are a weak knee flexor

Front 29

Deep-Posterior compartment Leg muscles?

Back 29

1 popliteus
2 Flexor Hallicus Longus
3 Flexor Digitorum Longus
4 Tibialis Posterior

Front 30

Deep-Posterior Superficial compartment Leg Vasculation?

Back 30

Fibular (Peroneal) artery

Front 31

Deep-Posterior Superficial compartment Leg Action?

Back 31

Plantar flexors

Front 32

Deep-Posterior Superficial compartment Leg Innervation?

Back 32

Tibial Nerve

Front 33

Deep-Posterior Superficial compartment Leg exceptions?

Back 33

Popliteus: "unlocks" the extended knee.