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The gracilis muscle lies on the inner thigh, connecting from the lower portion of your pubic bone to the upper inner surface of your knee bone. The Sartorius muscle connects from the upper portion of your pubic bone and wraps around the thigh and connecting to the inner portion of the knee.
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What two muscles in the upper leg referred to as strap muscles?
The Sartorius and Gracilis are two upper leg "strap" muscles.
What 3 muscle make up the pes anserinus attachment?
Pes anserinus ("goose foot") refers to the conjoined tendons of three muscles: the sartorius, gracilis and semitendinosus.
What is located in the back of your upper legs?
Sartorius muscles.
What muscle is on the inside of the thigh?
sartorius adductor muscle
What tendons make up the Pes anserinus?
sartorius gracilis semitendinosus
Which muscle attaches to the pes anserines tendon at the proximal medial shaft of the tibia?
The sartorius, gracilis,and semitendinosus muscles attach tot he pes anserinus tendon of the leg. The three muscles have three tendons that joint to form the pes anserinus.
How many muscles in your legs?
Nine. Front: Gracilis (inner thigh), Adductor magnus (below Gracilis), Sartorius, Quadriceps femoris (above knee), Tibialis anterior, Back:Peroneous longus (outer caf), Soleus, Gastronemius (inner caf), and Biceps femoris.
What muscles are in the human leg?
Leg muscles include the gracilis, sartorius, rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis in the front of each leg and the hamstrings, bicep femoris, semimembrabosus, gastrocnemius, and soleus in the back of each leg.
What is the thin muscle that travels down and across the medial surface of the thigh?
Peroneus Longus
What are the longest and most slender muscle?
The sartorius muscle is considered the longest muscle in the human body. It runs from the hip to the inner side of the knee. The gracilis muscle, located in the inner thigh, is one of the most slender muscles in the body.
What muscles are in the tripod muscles?
sartorious (anterior), gracilis (medial), semimembraneous (posterior)
Which of the following muscles is not of much use to you in picking up a cup of coffee and raising it to your lips a. Sartorius b. Biceps c. Deltoideus d. Brachioradialis?
a. Sartorius (a muscle located in the leg) When picking up a cup of coffee and raising it to your lips you are only using the muscles of your arm, shoulder and hand. Particularly the deltoid, biceps brachii, brachioradialis and the small muscles of your hand used to grip the cup. All other muscles are not involved unless the task becomes more complicated.
