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The hamstrings (specifically the long head of the biceps femoris, semitendonosis, and semimembranosis)
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What flexes the thigh and extends the knee?
rectus femoris
Muscle group that extends the thigh and flexes the knee?
hamstrings
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.)
What corresponding muscle does leg raises go to?
Abductor muscle - moves a limb away from the midlineAdductor muscle - moves a limb towards the midlineExtensor muscle - increase the angle at a joint - extends a limbFlexor muscle - decreases the angle at a joint - flexes a limbPronator muscle - turns a limb to face downwardsSupinator muscle - turns a limb to face upwardsRotator muscle - rotates a limbIn the human body, these are the responsible muscles.*Muscles which move the thigh and their action*Gluteus maximus - Extends and rotates thigh laterally.Adductor longus - Adducts, medially rotates and flexes the thighAdductor brevis - Adducts, laterally rotates and flexes the thighAdductor magnus - Adducts, flexes, laterally rotates and extends the thigh.Rectus femoris - Extends knee and flexes hipVastus lateralis - Extends kneeVastus medialis - Extends kneeVastus intermedius - Extends kneeSartorius - Flexes knee. Flexes hip and rotates femur laterallyBiceps femoris - Flexes leg and extends thighSemitendinosus - Flexes leg and extends thighSemimembranosus - Flexes leg and extends thigh
What flexes thigh and extends leg?
Semitendinosus.
What is the Joint of the gastrocnemius?
It plantar flexes the foot at the ankle and flexes the leg at the knee.
Which muscle flexes the tarsus and extends the digits?
gastrocin
Muscle group extends the thigh and flexes the knee?
The general name for the group is hamstring. The technical names of the two primary muscles are semitendinosus and semimembranosus.
What is the only joint that flexes posteriorly?
The knee
What movement does the biceps femoris make?
The long head of the bicep femoris, extends the hip, and it also, along with the short head of the bicep femoris, flexes and externally(laterally) rotates the knee.
What is the function of the Gluteal muscle?
Gluteus-Flexes and extends the Femur.
What is the gastronemius muscle?
The gastronemius muscle is one of the calf muscles and it plantar flexes the foot or flexes the knee.
