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Iliopsoas
- Origin: Iliac fossa, ala of the sacrum, transverse processes of T12-L5
- Insertion: Lesser trochanter of the femur
- Action: Flexes thigh at hip, flexes vertibral column
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Sartorius
- Origin: Anterior superior iliac spine
- Insertion: Medial tibia
- Action: Flexes thigh at hip, rotates thigh laterally, flexes leg at knee, rotates knee medially
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Rectus femorus
- Origin: Anterior inferior iliac spine
- Insertion: Patella and tibial tuberosity via tendon of quadricepts femoris and pateller ligament
- Action: Extends leg at knee, flexes thigh at hip
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Vastus lateralis
- Origin: Greater trochanter of the femur, intertrochantaric line, linea aspera pf the femur
- Insertion: Patella and tibial tuberosity via tendon of quadricepts femoris and pateller ligament
- Action: Extends leg at knee, stabilizes knee
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Vastus mediallis
- Origin: Linea aspera of the femur, intertrochanteric line
- Insertion: Patella and tibial tuberosity via tendon of quadricepts femoris and pateller ligament
- Action: Extends leg at knee, stabilizes patella
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Vastus intermedius
- Origin: Shaft of femur
- Insertion: Patella and tibial tuberosity via tendon of quadricepts femoris and pateller ligament
- Action: Extends leg at knee
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Pectineus
- Origin: Superior ramus of pubis
- Insertion: Linea aspera of femur
- Action: Adducts thigh, flexes thigh at hip, rotate thigh medially
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Tensor fasia(e) latae
- Origin: Anterior superior iliac spine, iliac crest
- Insertion: Iliotibial tract
- Action: Flexes thigh at hip, abducts thigh, rotates thigh medially
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Gracilis
- Origin: Inferior ramus of pubis, body of the pubis
- Insertion: Medial surface of the tibia
- Action: Adducts thigh, flexes leg at knee, rotates leg medially
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Adductor longus
- Origin: Pubis - near pubic symphysis
- Insertion: Linea aspera of the femur
- Action: Adducts thigh, flexes thigh at hip, rotates thigh medially
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Adductor brevis
- Origin: Body of the pubis, inferior ramus of the pubis
- Insertion: Linea aspera of the femur
- Action: Adducts thigh, rotates thigh medially
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Adductor magnus
- Origin: Inferior ramus of the pubis, ischeal ramus, ischeal tuberosity
- Insertion: Linea aspera of the femur
- Action: Adducts thigh, rotates thigh laterally, flexes thigh at hip
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Gluteus maximus
- Origin: Posterior ilium, sacrum, coccyx
- Insertion: Iliotibial tract, gluteal tuberosity of the femur
- Action: Extends thigh at hip, rotates thigh laterally, abducts thigh
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Gluteus mediaus
- Origin: Lateral surface of the illium
- Insertion: Greater trochanter of the femur
- Action: Abducts thigh, rotates thigh medially
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Gluteus minimis
- Origin: Lateral surface of the ilium
- Insertion: Greater throchanter of the femur
- Action: Abducts thigh, rotates thigh medially
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Bicepts femoris: Long head
- Origin: Ischial tuberosity
- Insertion: Head of fibula, lateral condyle of the tibia
- Action: Extends thigh at hip, flexes leg at knee, rotates leg laterally
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Bicepts femoris: Short head
- Origin: Linea aspera
- Insertion: Head if the fibula, lateral condyle of the tibia
- Action: Extends thigh at hip, flexes leg at kneww, rotates leg laterally
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Semitendinosus
- Origin: Ishial tuberosity
- Insertion: Medial tibia
- Action: Extends thigh at hip, flexes leg at knee, rotates leg medially
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Semimembranosus
- Origin: Ishial tuberosity
- Insertion: Medial condle of the tibia
- Action: Extends thigh at hip, flexes leg at knee, rotates leg medially
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Piriformis
- Origin: Lateral surface of the sacrum
- Insertion: Greater trochanter of the femur
- Action: Rotate thigh laterally when hip is extended
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Quadratis femorus
- Origin: Ishial tuberosity
- Insertion: Intertrochantaric crest of the femur
- Action: Rotates thigh laterally, stabilizes hip
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