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| A muscle on the lateral surface of the hip; it arises from the iliac crest and fans out inserting into the fascia latae near the knee; it helps to extend the shank as well as protract the thigh at the hip joint. |
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| A very broad muscle covering most of the lateral surface of the thigh; it retracts the thigh and flexes the shank. |
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| Muscle deep to the tenso fasciae latse and other muscles; it retracts the thigh as well as acts as a thigh abductor. |
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| Attached and to the underneath of the gluteus medius; it arises from the ilium and sacrum and inserts on the greater trochanter and the femur. |
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| A superficial, fan shaped muscle; it arises from the entire length of the ilium; it acts as an adductor to the thigh. |
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| A superficial narrow and thin band of muscle cranial to the gracilis and caudal to the medial border of the tensor fasciae latae. |
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| A smaller triangular muscle lying cranial to the adductor. It arises from the front of the pubis and inserts on the femur. |
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| A muscle lying between the two vasti muscles; it passes over the hip and knee joints and helps protect the thigh. |
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| A thin, broad, muscular sheet covering the caudomedial half of the thigh |
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| Two fused muscles in the pig; they are located caudal to the gluteus profundus; they rotate the thigh and assitst in its retraction. |
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| Two "vastus" muscles located just beneath (and to the side of) the rectus femoris |
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| The powerful tendon that extends from the large muscle mass of the caudal surface of the calf (the crus to the calcaneus); it is an extensor of the foot. |
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| A muscle that is cranial and deep to the pectineus and the sartorius; it can be subdivided into psoas major and iliacus. |
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| Covers the cranial part of the thigh; it is a major extensor of the shank. |
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