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Muscle Movement
Adduction, abduction, extension, flexion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hand/Finger Flexors--Anterior | Flexor Carpi Radialis (powerful--Wrist Palmaris Longus--Wrist Flexor Carpi Ulnaris (powerful)--Wrist Flexor digitorum superficialis (flexes finger) |
| Hand/Finger Extensors--Posterior | Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus (ABDucts wrist) Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ADDucts wrist) Extensor digitorum (extends fingers) |
| Hip/leg ADDuctors (Extension)--Medial Compartment | Adductors magnus longus & brevis Pectineus Gracillis |
| Hip/leg ABDuctors (Flexion)--Origin on Pelvis | Iliopsoas (iliacus & psoas major)--hip Sarotius--hip (anterior compartment) |
| Anterior Extensors of the knee (Quadriceps) | Rectus Femoris Vastus Lateralis Vastus Medialis Vastus Intermedius |
| Posterior Flexors of the knee (Hamstrings) | Biceps Femoris Semitendinosus Semimembranosus |
| Flexion Muscles of Foot & Ankle | 1. Tibialis Anterior (Dorsiflexion) 2. Fibularis (peroneus) Brevis & Longus (Lateral Plantar Flexion) 3. Gastronemius (Posterior Plantar Flexion) 4. Soleus (Posterior Plantar Flexion) |
| Posterior Muscles acting on thigh and leg | Gluteus Maximus (Thigh Extension) Gluteus Medius (ABDucts) Gluteus Minimus (ABDucts) |