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What is a group of four muscles that form the fleshy mass of the anterior thigh?
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Rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis and sartorius.
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Group of muscles located on the anterior thigh?
Quadricpes femoris group
Is the anterior thigh muscles called hamstrings?
No, the hamstring is posterior to the quadriceps.
What anterior muscles of the thigh that originate on the os coxae are?
Rectus femoris and sartorius are anterior muscles of the thigh that originate on the os coxae.
Are hamstrings fleshy muscles of the posterior thigh?
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What muscle group if found on the anterior part of the thigh?
Quadriceps
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 is the common name for the muscles located on the anterior portion of the thigh?
Quads - iliopsoas, tesnor fascaise latae, sartorious and quadriceps femoris muscles
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.)
The muscle group needed to extend the thigh?
The gluteal muscles.
Which muscles flex the thigh?
The muscle group is called the Quadriceps
What kind of muscle is the rectus femoris?
The rectus femoris is one of the quadriceps muscles located on the anterior (front) surface of the thigh.
What is the large group on the posteriot thigh?
The "hamstrings" or semimembranosus and semitendinosus muscles.
