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13 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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- flexes thigh (PM)
- flexes truck on thigh (bends torso forward) |
iliacus
(iliopsoas muscle) |
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- flexes thigh (PM)
- flexes truck on thigh (bends torso forward) - laterally flexes vertebral column |
psoas major
(iliopsoas muscle) |
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- flexes, abducts, laterally rotates thigh
- flexes knee ("tailor's muscle" used for crossing legs) |
sartorius
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adducts, flexes, medially rotates thigh
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- pectineus
- adductor longus |
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adducts, medially rotates, flexes thigh
(anterior portion of muscle) |
adductor magnus
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- adducts thigh
- flexes and medially rotates thigh |
gracilis
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adducts and medially rotates thigh
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adductor brevis
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- extends knee (PM)
- flexes thigh at hip |
rectus femoris
(quadriceps) |
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extends knee
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vastus intermedius
(quadriceps) |
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extends (and stabilizes) knee (PM)
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vastus lateralis
(quadriceps) |
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- extends knee (PM)
- stabilizes patella |
vastus medialis
(quadriceps) |
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iliopsoas muscle
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- iliacus
- psoas major |
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quadriceps
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- rectus femoris - vastus lateralis
- vastus medialis - vastus intermedius |
