Muscle Origins (Lower Body)

Front 1

Adductor Brevis

Back 1

Inferior ramus of
Pubis

Front 2

Adductor Longus

Back 2

Pubic tubercle

Front 3

Adductor Magnus

Back 3

Inferior ramus of
pubis/ramus of
ischium and ilium

Front 4

Gracilis

Back 4

Inferior ramus of
pubis/ramus of
ischium

Front 5

Biceps femoris

Back 5

Long head- Ischial tuberosity
Short head-Lateral lip of Linea
aspera (Deep)

Front 6

Seminmembranosus, Semitendinosus

Back 6

Ischial tuberosity

Front 7

Gluteus maximus

Back 7

Posterior iliac
crest; sacrum,
coccyx

Front 8

Gluteus medius

Back 8

Surface of ilium
between Iliac crest
and gluteal lines

Front 9

Gluteus minimus

Back 9

Surface of ilium
between Iliac crest
and gluteal lines

Front 10

Piriformis

Back 10

Anterior sacrum

Front 11

Rectus femoris

Back 11

Anterior inferior
iliac spine

Front 12

Vastus medialis

Back 12

Medial lip of linea
aspera (femur)

Front 13

Vastus
intermedius

Back 13

Anterior and
lateral shaft of
femur

Front 14

Vastus lateralis

Back 14

Greater trochanter
of femur; Lateral
lip of linea aspera
(femur);

Front 15

Quadratus
lumborum

Back 15

Posterior iliac
crest

Front 16

Illiacus

Back 16

Iliac fossa

Front 17

Psoas major

Back 17

Thoracic/ Lumbar
vertebrae

Front 18

Sartorius

Back 18

Anterior superior
iliac spine

Front 19

Gastrocenemius

Back 19

Medial & lateral
condyles of femur

Front 20

Soleus

Back 20

Head of fibula and
medial border of
Tibia

Front 21

Tibialis anterior

Back 21

Proximal lateral
Tibia and
Interosseous
membrane