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leg muscles
leg muscles and the body actions which correspond
Question | Answer |
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adductor brevis | hip-leg external rotation, hip-leg adduction |
adductor longus | hip-leg external rotation, hip-leg adduction 2 |
adductor magnus | hip-leg external rotation, hip-leg internal rotation, hip-leg adduction, hip-leg extension, hip-leg hyperextension, hip-leg flexion |
biceps femoris | hip-leg adduction, hip-leg extension, hip-leg hyperextension, hip-leg external rotation, knee flexion |
gemellus inferior | external rotation |
gemellus superior | external rotation 2 |
gluteus maximums | hip-leg adduction, hip-leg extension, hip-leg hyperextension, hip-leg external rotation |
gluteus medius | hip-leg abduction, hip-leg extension, hip-leg flexion, hip-leg flexion, hip-leg external rotation, hip-leg internal rotation |
gluteus minimus | hip-leg abduction, hip-leg internal rotation, hip-leg flexion |
gracilis | hip-leg adduction, knee flexion, hip-leg flexion, hip-leg internal rotation |
illicus | hip-leg flexion, hip-leg external rotation, hip-leg adduction |
obturator externus | hip leg external rotation 1 |
obturator internus | hip-leg external rotation 2 |
pectineus | hip-leg flexion, hip-leg adduction, hip-leg external rotation |
piriformis | hip-leg external rotation 3 |
psoas major | hip-leg flexion, hip-leg external rotation |
psoas minor | hip leg flexion, hip-leg external rotation 2 |
quadratus femoris | hip-leg external rotation |
rectus femoris (quads) | knee extension, hip-leg flexion |
sartarius | hip-leg flexion, knee flexion, hip-leg external rotation, hip-leg abduction |
semimembranosus (hamstrings) | hip-leg extension, hip-leg hyperextension, knee flexion, hip-leg adduction, hip-leg internal rotation |
semitendinosus (hamstrings) | hip-leg extension, hip-leg hyperextension, knee flexion, hip-leg adduction, hip-leg internal rotation 2 |
tensor fasciae latae | hip-leg abduction, hip-leg flexion, hip-leg internal rotation |