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gracilis
origin: pubis
insertion: tibia
action: flexes leg and adducts femur
sartorius
origin: ilium
insertion: tibia
action: flexes leg, flexes femur and rotates it laterally
quadriceps femoris: rectus femoris
origin: ilium
insertion: patella
action: extends leg, flexes femur
quadriceps femoris: vastus medialis
origin: linea aspera of femur
insertion: tibia by way of patellar ligament
action: extends leg
quadricepts femoris: vastus lateralis
origin: femur
insertion: tibia by way of patellar ligament
action: extends leg
quadriceps femoris: vastus femur inermedius
iorigin: femur
insertion: tibia by way of patellar ligament
action: extends leg
hamstrings: biceps femoris
origin: ischium, femur
insertion: tibia, fibula
action: flexes leg, extends femur
hamstrings: semitendinosus
origin: ischium
insertion: tibia
action: flexes leg, extends femur
hamstrings: semimembranosus
origin: ischium
insertion: tibia
action: flexes leg, extends femur