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Why is it wrong to use a curry come on the lower part of a horses legs?
Because there is no muscle below the knee/hock to cushion the bones
What does the patellar reflex employ?
The patellar reflex employs the sensory and motor nerves in the leg that control the contraction of the quadriceps muscle in response to tapping the patellar tendon just below the knee cap.
What are the two joints sartorious cross?
The two joints that the sartorius muscle crosses are the hip joint and the knee joint. The muscle originates at the anterior superior iliac spine of the hip bone and inserts at the upper medial surface of the tibia below the knee joint.
What is the primary function of the knee extension muscle?
The primary function of the knee extension muscle is to straighten the leg by extending the knee joint.
Where is the horses Gaskin?
The horse's gaskin is part of its hind leg, located between the stifle (knee) and hock joints. It is a muscle group that helps power the horse's movement, particularly in activities like jumping or pushing off the ground.
What muscle does the last 10 degrees of knee extension?
The muscle primarily responsible for the last 10 degrees of knee extension is the popliteus muscle. It is a small muscle located at the back of the knee joint and helps to unlock the knee by internally rotating the tibia on the femur.
What knee muscle have reverse actions?
Gastrocnemius muscle
Agonists in knee extension?
An agonist muscle is a muscle that plays a part in the extension of a muscle. The agonist muscles for a knee extension are the quadriceps and hamstrings.
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.
Which muscles contracts when the leg is extended at the knee?
The muscle that contracts when the leg is extended at the knee is call the gastrocnemius muscle
What is the muscle under your knee?
Vastus medialis (a tear-shaped muscle right above your knee)
How many bones are in the horses knee?
eight
