Muscles of the Thigh
Member of adductor muscles in the thigh that assists in flexion and adduction of the hip whose size is small.
What is the Adductor Brevis?
This muscle of the thigh is a thin, slender and long muscle.
What is the Gracilis?
This thigh muscle's meaning is for it to be the middle and enormous muscle of the thigh.
What is the Vastus Medialis?
This muscle of the leg is named after its action and length. Its action is to extend digits 2-5.
What is the Extensor Digitorum Longus?
Muscle of the anterior leg named after its location and origin. This muscle Dorsiflexes the foot.
What is the Tibialis Anterior?
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What is Buc ees?
This is a muscle of the thigh that is named after its comb-like appearance.
What is the Pectineus?
Muscle of the thigh whose name means enormous, between and middle.
What is the Vastus Intermedius?
This muscle of the leg is named for its action, attachment and length whose action is to extend the hallux and dorsiflex.
What is the Extendor Hallucis Longus?
Muscle of the leg whose name means plantar flexion. It also flexes the knee.
What is the Plantaris?
Member of adductor muscles in the thigh that assists in flexion and adduction of the hip whose size is long.
What is the Adductor Longus?
This muscle of the thigh is named after its function which refers to one's ability to stand straight.
What is the Rectus Femoris?
This muscle of the thigh whose Greek meaning is translated to mean stretch, band and thigh.
What is the Tensor Fasciae Latae?
This muscle of the leg is named after its belly shape and its actions are to flex the knee and plantar flex.
What is the Gastrocnemius?
This muscle of the leg means "back of the knee" and its action is flexion and medial rotation of the knee.
What is the Popliteus?
Member of the adductor muscles in the thigh that assists in flexion and adduction of the hip whose size is the greatest of all of the adductor muscles in the thigh.
What is the Adductor Magnus?
This muscle of the thigh is named after its action who's Greek word means "tailor"?
What is the Sartorius?
Muscle of the thigh whose name means enormous side of the thigh.
What is the Vastus Lateralis?
Muscle of the leg whose meaning is the short or brief fibula. Its actions are to plantarflex and/or pronate the foot.
What is the Peroneus Brevis?
This muscle of the leg is named after its shape of a sole fish. Its action is to plantarflex.
What is the Soleus?
This muscle of the posterior thigh is named after its two heads and location on the femur.
What is the Biceps Femoris?
This muscle of the thigh is named after its appearance which is translated from Greek to "half skin".
What is the Semimembranosus?
This muscle of the thigh is named after its appreance which is translated from Greek to "Half stretch"
This muscle of the leg is named after its length, attachment and action. It helps flex the Hallux and supinate/invert the foot as well as assists in plantar flexion.
What is the Flexor Hallucis Longus?
Muscle of the leg whose meaning is long fibula. Its action is pronation of the foot.
What is the Peroneus Longus?