Exam 8: The Hip Joint and Pelvic Girdle

The tensor fasciae latae is best stretched in:

Due to the attachment of the iliopsoas and hip adductors, the hip tends to externally rotate more so than internally rotate as active hip flexion increases.

The iliopsoas muscle is located _____ and performs _____ of the hip.

Which of the following is considered to be an agonist muscle to the tensor fascia latae during hip abduction?

The femoral nerve arises from the posterior division of the lumbar plexus and innervates the anterior muscles of the thigh.

Which of the following pairing represents the truest agonist relationship?

The semimembranosus muscle inserts anteromedially on the medial tibial condyle.

Which of the following pairings have the closest anatomical origins to each other?

The structural instability of the acetabular femoral joint makes it susceptible to subluxations and dislocations.

Agonist muscles during hip flexion include all of the following except the:

The medial compartment of the thigh contains the muscles-adductor brevis, the adductor longus, the adductor magnus, the pectineus, and the gracilis-that are primarily responsible for ______.

Distally, the patella serves as a major bony landmark to which all four quadriceps muscles attach and ultimately insert on the tibial tuberosity via the patella tendon.

The hip joint is a ball-and-socket joint that consists of the head of the femur connecting with the acetabulum of the pelvic girdle which has its stability enhanced by a labrum.

The pelvic girdle consists of a right and left pelvic bone joined together posteriorly by the sacrum.

When standing with both feet shoulder width apart and the weight evening distributed and attempting to turn and look to the right as far as possible, which of the following will most likely result?

Which of the following muscles is a two-joint muscle, effective as a hip flexor or as a knee flexor, and is sometimes referred to as the tailor's muscle?

When the hip is fully flexed, abducted and externally rotated in combination with full knee flexion and internal rotation which of the following muscles would be in its shortest position?

Movement between the right and left coxal bones occurs at three different locations.

Which of the following muscles is best stretched in a side-lying position by having a partner take the knee into full flexion and simultaneously take the hip into extension?

Hip flexion refers to the movement of the femur in the frontal plane laterally to the side away from the midline.