Lower Limb Musculature
- Previous year questions on Lower Limb Musculature for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Anatomy section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 30 live questions in Lower Limb Musculature.
- 5 of 30 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2019.
- Anatomy is worth about 17 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 3 Sept 2026.
Q1.Tensor fascia lata is supplied by
- ANerve to quadratus femoris
- BSuperior gluteal nerve✓ Correct answer
- CInferior gluteal nerve
- DSciatic nerve
Q2.Which muscle tendon is stretched in patellar tendon reflex?
- ABiceps femoris
- BQuadriceps femoris✓ Correct answer
- CAdductor magnus
- DQuadratus
Q3.Patella dislocation is prevented by
- AVastus medialis✓ Correct answer
- BVastus lateralis
- CVastus intermedius
- DRectus femoris
Q4.Which of the following muscles plays an important role in lifting the left foot off the ground while walking?
- ALeft gluteus medius
- BLeft gluteus maximus
- CRight adductor longus
- DRight gluteus medius✓ Correct answer
Q5.The tendon of which muscle is involved when the tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone is avulsed in an inversion fracture
- AAbductor digiti minimi
- BPeroneus brevis✓ Correct answer
- CPeroneus longus
- DTibialis anterior
Q6.Peroneus brevis is inserted into
- ABase of I metatarsal
- BBase of V metatarsal✓ Correct answer
- CBase of proximal phalanx of big toe
- DLateral cuneiform bone
Q7.Foot eversion is caused by
- AExtensor digitorum
- BPeroneus longus✓ Correct answer
- CTibialis anterior
- DTibialis posterior
Q8.Tibial and common peroneal nerve supplies the muscle
- AGracilis
- BBiceps femoris✓ Correct answer
- CAdductor longus
- DAdductor magnus
Q9.Which of the following muscle do NOT work for inversion of foot?
- AExtensor hallucis longus
- BTibialis anterior
- CTibialis posterior
- DPeroneus longus✓ Correct answer
Q10.Compartment of leg without neurovascular bundle?
- AAnterior
- BLateral
- CDeep posterior
- DSuperficial posterior✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: B. Superior gluteal nerve; Q2: B. Quadriceps femoris; Q3: A. Vastus medialis; Q4: D. Right gluteus medius; Q5: B. Peroneus brevis; Q6: B. Base of V metatarsal; Q7: B. Peroneus longus; Q8: B. Biceps femoris; Q9: D. Peroneus longus; Q10: D. Superficial posterior.
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