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What are the muscles that keep the clam shut?
the adductor muscle.
What do the muscles on the medial side of the femur do?
You and adductor compartment on the medial side of the femur. The main muscles are adductor magnus, adductor longus and adductor brevis. These muscles adduct the thigh. They are very important muscles for horse rider.
How many adductor muscles are there?
There is the adductor magnus, adductor brevis, adductor longus and gracilis, so there are at least 4.
Muscle group that allows you to draw your legs to midline?
Adductor muscles allow the bringing of the leg toward the midline of the body. In contrast, abductor muscles allow limbs to be drawn outward away from the body.
What are the muscles that move limb inward?
adductor muscles
What muscles open and close clam?
the adductor muscles
What is the function of the adductors?
The main function of the adductor muscles is to propel the legs towards the midline of the body. The four groups of adductor muscles are adductor longus, adductor brevis, adductor Magnus and gracilis.
Which muscles insert on the femur?
Some muscles that insert on the femur include the quadriceps muscles (rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius), the hamstrings (biceps femoris, semitendinosus, semimembranosus), the iliopsoas, and the adductor muscles (adductor longus, adductor brevis, adductor magnus).
What group of thigh muscles that flex the thigh?
gracilis , adductor longus , adductor brevis and upper part of adductor magnus
What are the two shells of a clam held by?
The hinge ligament hold the two shells together as well as the adductor muscles which controls the opening and closing of the bivalve.
What is the function of the two adductor muscles in the clam?
2
What muscles allow you to grip a horse's back with your thighs?
The vastus Muscles
