Leg Muscles

iliacus AND psoas major

flexes hip
sartorius
- flexes hip and knee
- rotates thigh laterally and leg medially
adductor magnus
- adductor part- adducts thigh and flexes hip
- hamstring part-adducts thigh and extends hip
adductor longus and brevis
- adducts and laterally rotates thigh
- flexes hip
gracilis
- adducts thigh
- flexes knee
pectineus
- adducts thigh
- flexes hip
quadriceps femoris (4 muscles)
- extends knee
- rectus femoris also flexes hip
tensor fasciae latae
- flexes hip
- abducts and medially rotates thigh
- tenses lateral fascia and stabalizes femur
- tilts pelvis
gluteus maximus
- extends hip
- abducts and laterally rotates thigh
gluteus medius AND minimus
- abducts and medially rotates thigh
- tilts pelvis towards supported side
piriformis

laterally rotates and abducts thigh
biceps femoris (long and short head)
- flexes knee
- laterally rotates leg
- extends hip
semitendinosus AND semimembranosus
- flexes knee
- medially rotates leg
- extends hip
- mem-tenses capsule of knee joint
gastrocnemius and soleus
- plantar flexes foot
- gast- flexes knee
flexor digitorum AND hallucis longus
- plantar flexes and inverts foot
- digitorum- flexes 4 lateral toes
- hallucis- flexes big toe
fibularis longus

everts and plantar flexes foot
tibialis anterior

dorsiflexes and inverts foot
tibialis posterior

plantar flexes and inverts foot
extensor digitorum longus
- extends four lateral toes
- dorsiflexes and everts foot

Author

emilysouders

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Card Set

Leg Muscles

Description

specific types of movement and what it moves

Updated

2011-04-06T00:58:05Z

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