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A patient is experiencing difficulty rotating their head. Considering the vertebral column's function, which anatomical feature is MOST likely involved?

  • The sacral promontory's alignment with the apex.
  • The lumbar vertebrae's transverse ridges.
  • The axis's dens articulating with the atlas. (correct)
  • The atlas's articulation with the occipital condyles.

A forensic anthropologist discovers a set of vertebrae with bifid spinous processes. Which region of the vertebral column did these vertebrae MOST likely originate from?

  • Thoracic
  • Sacral
  • Lumbar
  • Cervical (correct)

A weightlifter injures a bone in their wrist during a lift. Based on the typical shape and classification of wrist bones, which type of bone is MOST likely affected?

  • Irregular bone.
  • Flat bone.
  • Short bone. (correct)
  • Long bone.

An X-ray reveals a small, round bone embedded within a tendon near the knee. Which type of bone is this MOST likely to be, and what is its primary function?

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During an anatomy lab, a student identifies a depression on the humerus where muscles attach. Which of the following terms BEST describes this anatomical feature?

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Damage to the crista galli would most likely affect which structure?

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A fracture of the sphenoid bone that damages the foramen ovale would most likely affect which nerve?

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Which of the following cranial bones articulates with all other cranial bones?

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Which of the following structures is NOT associated with the temporal bone?

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Through which opening does the internal carotid artery enter the cranial cavity?

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Which of the following bones is the MOST superior in anatomical position?

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What is a primary function of the paranasal sinuses?

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A forensic anthropologist discovers a skull with a prominent external occipital protuberance and well-defined nuchal lines. This MOST likely indicates:

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A researcher is studying the path of cranial nerves exiting the skull. If they are specifically interested in the nerve that passes through the foramen ovale, which bone are they primarily investigating?

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A patient presents with a fractured zygomatic bone affecting the orbit. Which other bone listed also contributes significantly to the formation of the bony orbit?

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During a forensic investigation, a skull is found. The investigators note a distinct fracture of the sella turcica. Which bone has been damaged?

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A surgeon needs to access the sphenoidal sinuses for a procedure. Through which other structure MUST the surgeon pass, or at least be aware of its proximity?

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A patient has suffered a blow to the face, resulting in a fractured mandible. The fracture runs along the horizontal portion of the mandible. Which specific part of the mandible is most likely affected?

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Following a car accident, a patient presents with hyperextension of the neck. Which ligament is MOST likely to be damaged?

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A physical therapist is explaining spinal development to new parents. Which of the following is TRUE regarding the spinal curvatures?

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When comparing the functions of the anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments, what is a key difference in their attachments on the vertebral column?

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Which of the following structures is located on the femur and serves as a point of attachment for muscles?

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A patient has sustained a lower leg injury affecting the stability of their ankle joint. Which bone is most likely involved in this aspect of the injury?

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Which of the following features differentiates the male pelvis from the female pelvis?

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What is the primary function of the fibula in relation to the ankle joint?

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Which of the following anatomical features is found on the tibia?

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Which characteristic primarily distinguishes the pelvic girdle from the pectoral girdle?

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During a fall, a person lands on their shoulder. Which of the following structures of the scapula is most likely to be directly impacted?

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A surgeon is repairing a fracture of the humerus and notes the location is a common site for such injuries. Which specific region of the humerus is the surgeon most likely working on?

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If a weightlifter is performing bicep curls, where does the biceps brachii primarily attach on the scapula?

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Which of the following structures is found on the posterior side of the humerus and accommodates a nerve?

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If a patient has damage to the lateral side of their distal humerus affecting articulation with the forearm, which structure is most likely involved?

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Which carpal bone is located most proximally in the wrist and articulates with the radius?

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A patient presents with a fracture of a carpal bone after falling on an outstretched hand. The fracture is near the 'scaffold' of the wrist. Which carpal bone is most likely fractured?

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Flashcards

Atlas Vertebra

Vertebra that allows nodding 'yes'; articulates with occipital condyles.

Axial Skeleton

The axial skeleton includes the skull, vertebral column, ribs, and sternum.

Skull Bones Count

The skull consists of 22 bones: 8 cranial and 14 facial.

Axis Vertebra

Vertebra that allows shaking head 'no' due to its dens (odontoid process).

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Sutures (Skull)

These are joints where skull bones fuse.

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Sesamoid Bone

Bones formed within tendons; small and round.

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Coronal Suture

Connects parietal and frontal bones.

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Foramen

Opening in a bone.

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Tuberosity/Tubercle

Projection or bump with a roughened surface on a bone.

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Lambdoid Suture

Connects parietal and occipital bones.

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Occipital Bone

The cranial bone containing the foramen magnum.

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Ethmoid Bone

This bone contains the cribriform plate and crista galli.

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Temporal Bone

This cranial bone, made up of squamous, tympanic, and petrous parts, houses the jugular foramen, carotid canal, and internal acoustic meatus.

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Bones of the Sphenoid

Body, Sella Turcica, Sphenoidal sinuses, greater wings, lesser wings, pterygoid processes

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Openings in the Sphenoid

Optic canal, superior orbital fissure, foramen rotundum, foramen ovale, foramen spinosum

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Unpaired Facial Bones

Mandible and vomer

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Paired Facial Bones

Maxillae, zygomatic, nasal, lacrimal, palatine, inferior nasal conchae

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Bones Forming the Orbits

Zygomatic, ethmoid, lacrimal, frontal, sphenoid, maxillary, palatine

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Rami of the Mandible

Connects the body to the condylar and coronoid processes

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Keystone Facial Bones

Maxillary bones

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Nasal Cavity Bones

Ethmoid, vomer, maxilla, lacrimal, inferior nasal conchae, palatine, sphenoid

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Pelvic Girdle Function

Attaches lower limbs to spine and supports visceral organs with strong ligaments.

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Pectoral Girdle Function

Provides attachment for muscles that move upper limbs; more mobile than pelvic girdle.

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Acromion

Highest point of the scapula.

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Coracoid process

Attachment point for biceps brachii on the scapula.

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Glenoid cavity

Where the head of the humerus articulates with the scapula.

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Surgical neck (humerus)

Common fracture site on the humerus.

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Trochlea

Distal depression on the humerus that articulates with the ulna.

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Carpal Bones Mnemonic

Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform, Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate.

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Femur

Longest, strongest bone; features include head, neck, trochanters, and condyles.

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Tibia

The 'shin bone;' forms the medial aspect of the ankle joint with the talus.

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Fibula

Stabilizes the ankle joint; located laterally to to tibia.

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Acetabulum

Deep socket in the hip bone that articulates with the head of the femur.

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Female Pelvis

Wider, shallower, and lighter compared to the male pelvis.

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Study Notes

Midterm Review: HS1300 & 2300

Axial Skeleton

  • Consists of the skull and mandible, hyoid bone, vertebral column, ribs, and sternum.

Skull

  • There are 22 bones, consisting of 8 cranial and 14 facial bones.
  • The skull is divided into the cranial vault and base.
  • The skull is divided into anterior, middle, and posterior fossae.

Skull Bones

  • Paired bones include the temporal and parietal bones.
  • Unpaired bones include the frontal, occipital, sphenoid, and ethmoid.

Sutures

  • Sutures are the joints where the bones of the skull fuse together.
  • The coronal suture connects the parietal and frontal bones.
  • The squamous suture connects the parietal and temporal bones.
  • The sagittal suture divides the parietal bones.
  • The lambdoid suture connects the parietal and occipital bones.

Bones to Know: Skull

  • Key bones and structures include the Frontal Bone, Parietal Bone, Occipital Bone, Temporal Bone, Sphenoid Bone, Ethmoid Bone, Maxilla, Mandible, Nasal Bone, and many more.
  • External landmarks include: Coronal Suture, Squamous Suture, Lambdoid Suture, External Acoustic Meatus, Mastoid Process, Styloid Process, Condylar Process, Mandibular Notch, and Mandibular Ramus.
  • Bones and structures of Ethmoid Bone, Sphenoid Bone, and the Temporal Bone make up the cranial base.

Bones of the Cranial Base

  • Temporal Bone: Composed of squamous, tympanic, and petrous sections with the mastoid process. Foramina include jugular, carotid canal, and internal acoustic meatus.
  • Sphenoid Bone: Contains body, sella turcica, sphenoidal sinuses, greater/lesser wings, pterygoid processes. Openings consist of optic canal, superior orbital fissure, foramen rotundum/ovale/spinosum.
  • Ethmoid Bone: Includes cribiform plate, crista galli, perpendicular plate. Openings consist of ethmoidal labyrinth and nasal conchae.

Q&A: Cranial Bones

  • The occipital bone contains the foramen magnum.
  • The zygomatic bone does not contain sinus.

Mnemonics for Sphenoid Bone

  • Big Sharks Swim Gracefully Like Predators
  • Big --> Body
  • Sharks--> Sella Turcica
  • Swin --> Sphenoidal sinuses
  • Gracefully --> greater wings
  • Like --> lesser wings
  • Predators --> pterygoid processes
  • Only Stressful Research Overwhelms Students
  • Only --> optic canal
  • Stressful --> superior orbital fissure
  • Research --> foramen rotundum
  • Overwhelms --> foramen ovale
  • Students --> foramen spinosum

The Face

  • Unpaired facial bones consist of the mandible and vomer.
  • Paired facial bones consist of the maxillae, zygomatic bones, nasal bones, lacrimal bones, palatine bones, and inferior nasal conchae.
  • The zygomatic, ethmoid, lacrimal, frontal, sphenoid, maxillary, and palatine bones form the orbits.

The Mandible

  • Landmarks of the Mandible include the mandibular fossa, mandibular foramen, alveolar process, mental foramen, condylar process, and ramus
  • The rami connects the body of the mandible to the condylar and coronoid processes.

Keystone Bones Practice Questions

  • Which bones are considered the keystone bones of the face?
  • Maxillary bones.
  • Which bones form the nasal cavity?
  • the ethmoid bone, the vomer, the maxilla, lacrimal bone, inferior nasal conchae, palatine bones, and the sphenoid bones.
  • the nasal bone forms the nasal bridge but does not contribute to the nasal cavity itself.

Vertebral Column

  • Consists of 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, and 5 lumbar vertebrae.
  • There are 4 curvatures of the spine; the thoracic and sacral are present at birth, while the cervical and lumbar develop with walking.
  • Two key ligaments: anterior longitudinal (prevents hyperextension) and posterior longitudinal.
  • Posterior ligament attaches only to intervertebral discs.

Vertebrae

  • Atlas: First cervical vertebra that supports the skull and allows for nodding "yes" via articulation with occipital condyles.
  • Axis: Second cervical vertebra that is important for shaking the head "no" (dens).

Sacrum

  • Some People Always Say Talking Fast Makes Learning Awesome mnemonic is used to remember key landmarks.
  • Some → Sacral Promontory
  • People → Ala
  • Always → Apex
  • Say → Superior Articular Processes
  • Talking → Transverse Ridges
  • Fast → Facet of Superior Articular Process
  • Makes → Median Sacral Crest
  • Learning → Lateral Sacral Crest
  • Awesome → Auricular Surface

Intervertebral Disc Practice Questions

  • What are the components of the intervertebral disc?
  • nucleus pulposus and anulus fibrosus
  • Which feature is unique to cervical vertebrae?
  • Bifid spinous processes

Appendicular Skeleton

  • Long Bones: Shaft plus two ends with elongated shape. Tubular shaft, epiphysis ends (spongy bone surrounded by compact bone). Examples: humerus, femur, radius, ulna, tibia, fibula.
  • Short Bones: Roughly cube-shaped (compact bone externally, spongy bone internally). Examples: bones of the wrist and ankle.
  • Flat Bones: Thin, flat, slightly curved. Examples: ribs, sternum, occipital bone.
  • Irregular Bones: Various shapes. Examples: scapula, vertebrae, mandible.
  • Sesamoid Bones: Bones formed in tendons; small, round bones. Examples: patella, pisiform.

Latin Names

  • Fossa: Depression or hollow.
  • Foramen: Opening.
  • Epicondyle: Projection near a condyle (epi = over, near, at, upon).
  • Condyle: Rounded prominence at END of bone.
  • Tuberosity/tubercle: Projection or bump with roughed surface (tub-bump).
  • Process: Relatively large projection or prominent bump, Pro-Pro.
  • Ramus: Extension of bone (rams have horns, extension of the bone).
  • Facet: Small, flattened articular surface (rhymes with flat).
  • Fovea: Small pit, usually on the head of a bone (fovea = ditch, pit).

Pelvic vs Pectoral Girdle

Pectoral Pelvic
Bones Clavicle, Scapula Paired hip bones
Function Attaches muscles for upper limb movement Attaches lower limbs to spine; supports visceral organs; connects to the axial skeleton with strong ligaments
Mobility Limbs are mobile Less limb mobility; more stability
Cavity Glenoid cavity Acetabulum

Pectoral Girdle

  • CLAVICLE – ANTERIORLY, SCAPULA - POSTERIORLY Key landmarks:
  • Acromion: highest point of scapula (A =1st letter of alphabet, highest point)
  • Supraspinous fossa: super- Supra, fossa = depression
  • Scapular notch: small notch
  • Coracoid process: hook/C shaped ( Attachment point for biceps brachii)
  • Glenoid cavity: where the head of the humerus goes
  • Medial and Lateral borders

Clavicle

  • A part of the pectoral girdle
  • Has a medial end connected to the manubrium of sternum.
  • Has an acromial end connecting to the acromion process.
  • Considered a long bone with epiphyses, spongy bone and compact bone.

Humerus

  • Head lies underneath the anatomical neck
  • Surgical Neck: fractures typically occur here
  • Greater tubercle is proximal and larger than the Lesser tubercle which is proximal and smaller.
  • Deltoid tuberosity: a lateral part of the humerus that allow the deltoid to attach
  • Distal features include the medial and Lateral epicondyle
  • Another landmark area includes the lateral supracondylar ridge Coronoid fossa lies small, medial
  • Olecranon Fossa: a large posterior depression
  • Radial fossa: a small lateral depression
  • Capitulum: lies on lateral side
  • Trochlea: spool shaped
  • Radial Groove: a posterior side for radial nerve
  • Intertubercular groove: lies in between tubercles

Radius

  • Landmarks include: Head for articulation, Neck, Radial Tuberosity and Radial Styloid Process

Ulna

  • Landmarks include: Olecranon, Trochlear Notch, Coronoid Process, Radial Notch

Hand Bones

  • Includes 14 phalanges (long bones) Remember pollex is thumb
  • Include 5 metacarpals (long bones)
  • Includes 8 carpals

Carpal Bones

  • Some Lovers Try Positions That They Can't Handle Mnemonic to remember Bones of wrist
  • Scaphoid: Scaffold
  • Lunate: Lunar-moon
  • Triquetrum: Triangle queen
  • Pisiform: Pizza-form
  • Trapezium: Trapeze
  • Trapezoid: Trapezoid-trap
  • Capitate: Captain
  • Hamate: Ham-mate

Femur

  • Longest and strongest bone in the body
  • Fovea capitis, Neck, and Shaft
  • Lesser trochanter and Greater trochanter landmark areas
  • Intertrochanteric line: Intertrochanteric
  • Patellar surface
  • Adductor tubercle: (medial protuberance)
  • Lateral epicondyle
  • Medical epicondyle
  • Medical Condyle
  • Lateral Condyle

Tibia

  • Landmarks to note: Lateral condyle
  • Tibial tuberosity
  • Medial condyle
  • Intercondylar eminence
  • Anterior border
  • Tibial shaft
  • Medial malleolus: inner ankle
  • Articular facet: hugs talus
  • Infereior articular surface
  • Lateral condyle
  • Fibular Notch
  • Line for soleus muscle
  • Forms ankle joint with talus

FIBULA

  • Fibula stabilizes ankle joint
  • Landmarks to know: Head of fibula, Shaft, Fibular notch, Lateral malleolus: outer ankle

Hip/Coxal Bone

  • 3 parts which make up: Ilium, Ischium, pubis
  • Ischium is referred to as here in the purple
  • Acetabulum: deep socket
  • Ischial: body, ramus, spine
  • Lesser sciatic notch
  • Iliac crest: think mountain crest
  • Iliac spine Landmark areas
    • Gluteal line also to note -Iliac fossa
    • Greater sciatic notch

Male and Female Pelvis Structure

Female Male
Size Wider, Shallowerlighter Taller, Narrowerheavier
Pubic Arch Wide > 80 degrees Narrow<70 degrees
Coccyx Flexible and straighter Projected inverted, Immoveable
Limb Iiac crest Shorter iliac crest Higher Iliac Crest
Scarcum Shorter wider curved Longer narrow straighter
True Pelvis More room in true pelvis Less room in true pelvis

Tarsal Bones

  • Talus and calcaneus are the bones to bare weight
  • Tiger (talus) = medial longitudinal arch
  • Cub (calcaneus)
  • Need (navicular)
  • I ( intermediate)
  • L ( Lateral)
  • C (cuneiforms)
  • C - Cuboid
  • 5 tarsals
  • 14 phalanges except hallux

Muscles of the Limbs

Muscles That Move Scapula

Muscle Insertion Actions
Levator scapulae C1-C4 ELEV, ROT
Rhomboid minor C7-T1, Scapula RETR, ELEV, ROT
Rhomboid major T2-T5 RETR, ELEV, ROT
Trapezius Occipital/Spinous Processes, Scapula/clavicle ELEV, DEPR, RETR, ROT

Muscles That Move Scapula (Subclavis)

  • Ribs, costal cartilage Origin, Clavicle Insertion, Stabilization, DEPR Action.
  • Pectoralis minor Origin Ribs, Insertion Coracoid process (scapula). PROTR, DEPR Action
  • Serratus Anterior Origin- Scapula,Action PROTR+ROT

Muscles That Move Humerus Action

Muscle Origin Insertion Actions
Subscapularis Subscapular fossa Lesser tuberosity Med. ROT
Supraspinatus Supraspinous fossa N/A ABD
Infraspinatus Infraspinous fossa Greater tuberosity Lat. ROT
Teres minor Lateral border N/A Lat. ROT
Teres major Scapula N/A N/A
Latissimus dorsi spinous processes of T7-T12, lumbar and sacral vertebrae; inferior 3-4 ribs; iliac crest intertubercular groove of the humerus ADD, EXT, med. ROT
Pectoralis major clavicle, sternum, ribs intertubercular groove (humerus) ADD, MED Rot, FLX
Coracobrachialis Coracoid process Humerus FLX, ADD
Deltoid clavicle, acromion and scapular spine Deltoid tuberosity (humerus) ABD, med ROT, FLX, EXT

Anterior Compartment

  • Iliopsoas:
    • Psoas Major
    • Iliacus
  • Rectus Femoris
  • Vastus Lateralis
  • Vastus Medialis
  • Vastus Intermedius
  • Insertion can be found at Lesser trochanter

Medial Compartment

  • Pectineus
  • Adductor Longus (in front)
  • Adductor Brevis
  • Adductor Magnus (posterior head)
  • Insertion found on Linea aspera

Posterior Compartment

  • Semimembranosus
  • Biceps Femoris (2 heads)
  • Adductor Magnus (anterior head)

Superficial Muscle

  • Sartorius (anterior)
  • Gracillis (medial)
  • Semitendinosus (posterior)

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