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leg muscles
leg muscles and the body actions which correspond
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |