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The hamstring (back / dorsal side of the thigh)

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The hamstring muscles (semimembranosus, semiteninosus, and biceps femoris).

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The hamstrings ( bicep femoris, semitendinosis, semimembranosis)

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Hamstring Muscle

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tibialis anterior

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Q: What muscle is the antagonist to the quadriceps?
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What is the antagonist to the quadriceps muscle group?

The hamstring muscle group (biceps femoris, semitendonosis, semimembranosis) are the antagonists to the quadricep group.


Muscle group antagonistic to the quadriceps femoris?

Quadricepts


What muscle group does extension of the knee?

Quadriceps muscle or thigh muscle.


What is a quadriceps contusion?

A bruise on your quadriceps muscle, which is the large muscle in your thigh.


Is it true The Antagonist muscle to the Biceps is the Deltoids?

No it is not true, the antagonist muscle to the biceps is the triceps. You have to think of what muscles will have to release in order to allow contraction, another example would be when the quadriceps contract, your hamstrings must release otherwise the work of the muscles would contradict one another.


What is a thigh muscle?

quadriceps


What are the muscle of the quadriceps?

explosive


What is the collagenous structure anchoring the quadriceps muscle to the patella?

Quadriceps tendon


Which is the largest muscle in the human body - Is it gluteus maximus or quadriceps?

quadriceps


What diseases are caused by the quadriceps?

Quadriceps is a muscle in a leg, not a cause of disease.


What muscle that counteracts the action of another muscle?

antagonist muscle


What muscle is also known as quadriceps?

A four head muscle in the leg/articulates with femoris bone Quadriceps femoris