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Which muscle of the medial compartment of the thigh does not insert onto the linea aspera of the femur?
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Rectus femoris
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What is the insertion of the extensor carpi ulnaris muscle?
Medial epicondyle of humerus and ulna <3
What are the clinical manifestations for medial medullary syndrome?
paralysis of tongue muscle ipsilateral to lesions (due to damaged hypoglossal nerve)hemiplagia contralateral to lesion (due to damaged corticospinal tract)loss of sensations carried by medial lemniscus - contralateral to lesion
What are the longest and most slender muscle?
The sartorius muscle is considered the longest muscle in the human body. It runs from the hip to the inner side of the knee. The gracilis muscle, located in the inner thigh, is one of the most slender muscles in the body.
Where is the adductor located?
If you are referring to the adductor muscles of the thigh, they are all located medially on the femur and include adductor magnus, adductor longus and adductor brevis. Each muscle originates on either the pubic body or part of the inferior pubic ramus and runs to part of the femoral linea aspera. All of these muscle adduct the thigh.
What does the pectoralis do?
depresses the point of the shoulder, drawing the scapula inferior and medial, towards the thorax, and throwing its inferior angle posteriorly.
Sites of muscle attachment on the proximal femur?
the medial epicondyle and the lateral epicondyle - The gluteal tuberosity and linea aspera
The muscle that originates along the entire length of the linea aspera of the femur?
A muscle that originates along the linea aspera of the femur is
Adductor magnus adductor longus and adductor brevis are parts of a large muscle mass of what?
medial compartment of the thigh
What collective name is given to the posterior thigh muscles that the sciatic nerve supplies?
The medial compartment of the thigh includes the hamstring portion of the adductor magnus. This muscle is innervated by the sciatica.
Insertion of adductor magnus?
Adductor portionThose fibers which arise from the ramus of the pubis are short, horizontal in direction, and are inserted into the rough line of the femur leading from thegreater trochanter to the linea aspera, medial to the gluteus maximus. Those fibers from the ramus of the ischium are directed downward and laterally with different degrees of obliquity, to be inserted, by means of a broadaponeurosis, into the linea aspera and the upper part of its medial prolongation below.Hamstring portionThe medial portion of the muscle, composed principally of the fibers arising from the tuberosity of the ischium, forms a thick fleshy mass consisting of coarse bundles which descend almost vertically, and end about the lower third of the thigh in a rounded tendon which is inserted into the adductor tubercle on the medial condyle of the femur
What muscle is inserted on the medial surface of the eye?
The medial rectus inserts on the medial surface of the eye. It is innervated by the oculomotor nerve.
What is the most medial thigh muscle?
gracilis
What is the name of the muscle that forms the medial boundary of the femoral traingle?
Adductor longus, its medial border
How can you distinguish between the semitendinosus muscle and the semimembranosus muscle?
The semimembranosus is more medial.
What muscle can close the jaw and pull it sideways?
The medial pterygoid muscle, the left medial pterygoid will deviate the jaw to the right and vice versa.
What Muscles are used to look cross eyed?
The inferior oblique, superior oblique, lateral rectus, and medial rectus are all used to look cross eyed
What is the medial rectus muscle of the eye?
it is the lower muscle of the eyeball. Helps move the eyeball.
