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Skeleton Muscles3
Origin Insertion Action-Lower Extremities
Muscle | Origin | Insertion | Action |
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vastus medialis | Femur | Tibia | Flexes femur and extends lower leg |
vastus lateralis | Femur | Tibia | Flexes femur and extends lower leg |
vastus intermedius | Femur | Tibia | Flexes femur and extends lower leg |
gastrocnemius | Femur | Achilles Tendon | Plantar flexes foot |
soleus | Tibia and Fibula | Achilles Tendon | Plantar flexes foot |
tibialis anterior | Tibia | Metatarsals | Dorsiflexes foot |
peroneus (fibularis) longus | Fibula and Tibia | Metatarsal and tarsals | Moves foot/Eversion |
adductor brevis | Pubis | femur | adducts thigh at hip |
adductor longus | Pubis | femur | adducts thigh at hip |
adductor magnus | Pubis and ishium | femur | adducts thigh at hip |
biceps femoris | ishium and femur | lateral tibia and lateral fibula | flexes leg at knee/Extends thigh at hip |
Sartorius | ilium | Tibia | Flexes femur and lower leg |
Gluteus maximus | iliac crest,sacrum, coccyx | femur | extends femur |
gluteus minimus | ilium | femur | abducts femur |
gluteus medius | ilium | femur | extends femur |
semimembranosus | Ishium | Tibia | Flexes leg at knee/extends thigh at hip |
semitendinosus | Ishium | Medial tibia | knee/extends thigh at hip |
gracilis | pubis | Tibia | Adducts thigh at hip/Flexes leg at knee |
rectus femoris | ilium | Tibia | Flexes Femur and Extends lower leg |