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Muscles

Complete muscle reference, origins, insertions, nerve supply, actions, clinical notes, and common injuries.

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Muscle Adductor Brevis musculus adductor brevis Thigh The adductor brevis is the shortest of the three named adductors, lying deep to the adductor… Muscle Adductor Brevis musculus adductor brevis Thigh The adductor brevis is the smallest and most superior of the three short adductors (with adductor… Muscle Adductor Brevis (Full) musculus adductor brevis Thigh The adductor brevis is the smallest of the three adductor muscles (brevis, longus, magnus), lying deep… Muscle Adductor Longus musculus adductor longus Thigh The adductor longus is the most anterior and superficial of the medial thigh adductors, forming the… Muscle Adductor Longus (Full) musculus adductor longus Thigh The adductor longus is the most anterior thigh adductor, forming the medial border of the femoral… Muscle Adductor Magnus musculus adductor magnus Thigh The adductor magnus is the largest and most powerful adductor, a triangular muscle with two functionally… Muscle Adductor Magnus (Full) musculus adductor magnus Thigh The adductor magnus is the largest and most powerful adductor, composed of two functionally distinct parts… Muscle Articularis Genu musculus articularis genus Thigh The articularis genu is a small muscle slip deep to the vastus intermedius that attaches to… Muscle Articularis Genu musculus articularis genus Thigh The articularis genu is a small muscle arising from the deep surface of the vastus intermedius… Muscle Biceps Femoris musculus biceps femoris Thigh The biceps femoris is the lateral hamstring, consisting of a long head arising from the ischial… Muscle Gracilis musculus gracilis Thigh The gracilis is the most medial and superficial thigh muscle, a thin strap muscle spanning from… Muscle Gracilis (Full) musculus gracilis Thigh The gracilis is the most medial thigh muscle, the only two-joint adductor (acting at both hip… Muscle Hamstrings musculi ischiocruris Thigh The hamstrings are a group of three muscles, biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus, running along the… Muscle Pectineus musculus pectineus Thigh The pectineus is a flat, quadrangular muscle forming the medial wall of the femoral triangle, running… Muscle Pectineus (Full) musculus pectineus Thigh The pectineus is the most superior adductor, lying in the floor of the femoral triangle and… Muscle Quadriceps Femoris musculus quadriceps femoris Thigh The quadriceps femoris is actually a group of four muscles on the front of the thigh,… Muscle Rectus Femoris musculus rectus femoris Thigh The rectus femoris is the only quadriceps head that crosses the hip joint, arising from the… Muscle Sartorius musculus sartorius Thigh The sartorius is the longest muscle in the human body, running diagonally across the entire anterior… Muscle Sartorius (Full) musculus sartorius Thigh The sartorius is the longest muscle in the body, crossing both the hip and knee as… Muscle Semimembranosus musculus semimembranosus Thigh The semimembranosus is the deepest and most medial hamstring, named for the broad flat membranous tendon… Muscle Semimembranosus musculus semimembranosus Thigh The semimembranosus has the most complex insertion of any hamstring, with expansions reinforcing the posteromedial knee.… Muscle Semitendinosus musculus semitendinosus Thigh The semitendinosus is the most medial of the three hamstring muscles and has the longest tendon… Muscle Short Head of Biceps Femoris musculus biceps femoris caput breve Thigh The short head of the biceps femoris is the only hamstring not arising from the ischial… Muscle Vastus Intermedius musculus vastus intermedius Thigh The vastus intermedius is the deepest of the four quadriceps heads, lying directly on the anterior…