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21 Cards in this Set
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Iliopsoas |
made up of two muscles flexes hip laterally rotates hip |
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sartoruis |
longest muscle, lateral hip to medial knee flex, abduct hip flex knee |
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adductor magnus |
adduct, extend hip medially rotate |
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aductor longus |
adduct, flex hip medially rotate hip |
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pectineus |
adducts and flexes hip |
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gracilis |
adducts, medically rotates hip, flexes the knee
most medial of muscles, inner thigh used in walking |
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rectus femoris |
quardricep knee extension when hip is flexed |
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vastus lateralis |
quadricep knee extension when hip is flexed |
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vastus medialis |
quadricep knee extension when hip is flexed |
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vastus intermedius |
quadricep knee extension when hip is flexed |
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piriformis |
lateral rotation abduction and extension of hip |
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tensor fascia latae |
enclosed between two fascia layers becomes illiotibial tract flexion and abduction of thigh |
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gluteus maximus |
hip exrensor, especially powerful when hip is flexed relatively inactive when hip extended (standing and walking) |
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gluteus medius |
adducts and medially rotates the hip steadies pelvis when walking |
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gluteus minamus |
deep to the gluteus maximus |
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bicep femoris |
hamstring extends hip, flexes knee most lateral of group |
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semitendinosus |
hamstring extends hip, flexes knee superficial to semimembranous |
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semimembranous |
hamstring extends thigh, flexes knee, medially rotates leg |
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tibialis anterior |
dorsiflexion (lift toes) and inversion (soles together) |
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gastrocremus |
plantar flexion (point toes) use when knee is extended |
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soleus |
plantar flexion (point toes) use when knee is flexed |
