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the muscles that extends the lower leg are vastus lateralis, vastus medialis and vastus intermedius. These muscles collectively make up the quadriceps..
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Three muscle that extend the leg only?
Quadriceps' units and sartorius
What is the action of the quadriceps muscle group?
Flexing the thigh, extending the leg, adducts leg
Functions of triceps femoris muscle of frog?
extends leg; straightens knee joint
What is the difference between tendu and degage?
Tendu is a leg exercise that stretches the leg muscle at you extend it. And degage is the same but a little lift off the floor.
What is a quadcacepe?
The quadriceps is the large muscle at the front of the thigh, which is divided into four distinct portions and acts to extend the leg.
What muscle bends your knee?
The quadriceps muscle helps straighten and extend the leg and the hamstring helps bend the knee.
Which muscle is located deep to the semitendinosus muscle?
Much of the semimembranosus lies deep to the semitendinosus.
Name the muscle group that flexes the lower leg?
The dorsiflexors include the extensorum longus, the tibialis anterior, and the peroneus.
What joint helps your leg flex and extend?
The knee helps your leg flex and extend.
What is the primary job of the quadriceps muscle?
The primary job of the quadriceps muscle is to extend the knee joint, which means straightening the lower leg. It also helps stabilize the knee during movement and contributes to activities like walking, running, and jumping.
Which muscle that will make the knee bend when it contracts. Which muscle that will make the leg straighten at the knee when it contracts. which of that two muscle is a lexor and an extensor?
The flexor would be the hamstring, and gastrocnemius, which bend/flex the knee. The quadriceps, are extensors, which straighten/extend the knee.
What joints the leg to the leg bone?
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