Lower Limb - 5

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What is the name for a movement of the foot which causes the soles of the feet to face inwards?

There are two key muscles involved in this action, one being tibialis posterior, what is the other?

What muscle in the leg is the equivalent of Extensor digitorum communis in the forearm?

Which muscle in the anterior compartment of the leg is involved in eversion, and attaches to the base of the fifth metatarsal bone.

The anterior compartment of the leg has four muscles. Tibialis anterior, EDL, fibularis tertius and which other?

How many muscles are there in the lateral compartment of the leg?

The muscles in the compartment are supplied by the superficial branch of which nerve?

Which muscle despite starting on the lateral site inserts into the medial cuneiform and base of the first metatarsal?

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How many short lateral rotators of the hip are there?

The gluteal muscles are made up of gluteus maximus, minimus and which other?

Gluteus maximus has two insertions one into the gluteal tuberosity of the femur, and the other goes into where?

Which nerve supplies gluteus maximus?

Which of the three during walking tilts the opposite side of the pelvis upwards by approximating the iliac crest to the greater trochanter, preventing hip drop?

Both gluteus medius and minimus have a common point of insertion on the femur, what is its name?

Which of the three is a medial rotator, and cannot laterally rotate?