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The quadriceps extends the thigh and the hamstring muscles flex the knee
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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 do you call the part of the leg from the waist to the knee?
If it is below the inner thigh, it has to be the lower leg and if about the knee is the thigh, itself. There is no name for what you described.
Where is your thigh?
your thigh is the part above the knee the leg part is below the knee hope I helped
Function of rectus femoris?
extends the knee
What is thigh means?
You call this region as thigh only in anatomical language.
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 flexes the thigh and extends the knee?
rectus femoris
Muscle group that extends the thigh and flexes the knee?
hamstrings
Extend thigh and flex knee?
Biceps Femoris, Semimembranosus, and Semitendinosus
Paralysis of which muscle would make an individual unable to flex the hip?
To extend the leg straight at the knee you use the quadriceps. To bend the knee, you need the hamstring.Hamstring muscle groups.
How do you develop the outer thigh line that extends along the thigh from the hip to just above the side of the knee?
Doing squats help alot, and lunges :)
What three muscle extends the thigh and flexes the 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.
Where in the body is femur found?
The femur is the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; and extends from the pelvis to the knee.
What are the funtions of the quadriceps?
Quadriceps contracts to extend the knee joint. Rectus femoris, the part of quadriceps flex the hip joint on the thigh.
Which muscles originate on the ischial tuberosity and extend the thigh at the hip plus flex the leg at the knee?
Semimembranosus, semitendinosus, and biceps femoris ... The hamstrings
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.
Where are the hamsrings found in the human body?
Refers to one of the tendons that make up the borders of the space behind the knee, extends to upper back thigh.
