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What are the three muscles that extend thigh and flex knee?

The muscle of the thigh are classified into three groups, anterior group, posterior group, and interior or adductors group. There are four muscle on the anterior group - quadriceps femoris- and their function is to extend the knee or extend the thigh depend on what part of the muscle don't move. Those muscle are the rectus femorarlis, vastu intermedius, vastu medialis, and vastus lateralis. The muscle that flex the knee are located on the back of the thigh and form the posterior group. They are the biceps femoris, semitendinousus, and the semimembranosus, better known as Hamstring.


What three muscle extends the thigh and flexes the knee?

The muscle of the thigh are classified into three groups, anterior group, posterior group, and interior or adductors group. There are four muscle on the anterior group - quadriceps femoris- and their function is to extend the knee or extend the thigh depend on what part of the muscle don't move. Those muscle are the rectus femorarlis, vastu intermedius, vastu medialis, and vastus lateralis. The muscle that flex the knee are located on the back of the thigh and form the posterior group. They are the biceps femoris, semitendinousus, and the semimembranosus, better known as Hamstring.


What muscle flexed the hip and the knee?

That is incorrect! The hamstring group extend the thigh at the hip joint!


What is the action of the quadriceps muscle group?

Flexing the thigh, extending the leg, adducts leg


What extends the knee and flexes the thigh?

The Femoral nerve. (The motor branches innervate anterior thigh muscles - quadriceps, which flex the thigh and extend the knee.)


Which muscle is located deep to the semitendinosus muscle?

Much of the semimembranosus lies deep to the semitendinosus.


What muscle group does extension of the knee?

Quadriceps muscle or thigh muscle.


What are the Two anterior aspect of the upper thigh?

The two anterior aspects of the upper thigh are the quadriceps femoris muscle group and the sartorius muscle. The quadriceps femoris group is a large muscle that covers the front of the thigh and is responsible for extending the knee joint. The sartorius muscle is the longest muscle in the body and helps with flexing the hip and knee joints and rotating the thigh.


Which muscles flex the thigh?

The muscle group is called the Quadriceps


Muscle group that extends the thigh and flexes the knee?

hamstrings


What is the muscle group at the back of your thigh called?

The quadriceps femoris.


What muscle group if found on the anterior part of the thigh?

Quadriceps