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Hamstring Muscles nerve/ action
Hamstring muscles nerve/action
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Undergraduate 2
02/21/2012

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What nerve innervates the Gastocnemius and what action does it perform?
Definition
N- Tibial nerve
Action: Knee flexion, ankle plantar flexion
Term
What nerve innervates the Popliteus and what action does it perform?
Definition
N- Tibial nerve
Action: Initiates Knee flextion
Term
What nerve innervates the Vastus Intermedius and what action does this muscle perform?
Definition
N- Femor nerve
Action: Knee Extension
Term
What nerve innervates the Vastus Medialis and what action does this muscle perform?
Definition
N- Femoral Nerve
Action: Knee Extension
Term
What nerve innervates the Vastus Lateralis and what action does this perform?
Definition
N- Femoral Nerve
Action: Knee Extension
Term
What 3 muscles all do knee extension
Definition
Vastus: Lateralis, Medialis, Intermedius
Term
What 2 muscles are involved in Knee flextion?
Definition
Gastocnemius, Popliteus
Term
What muscles is involved with the femoral nerve?
Definition
Vastus: Lateralis, medialis, intermedius
Term
What muscles are innervated by the tibial nerve?
Definition
Gastocnemius and Popliteus
Term
If you have damage to the Femoral nerve what muscles are affected?
Definition
Vastus Lateralis, medialis, intermedius
Term
If you have damage to the tibial nerve what muscles are affected?
Definition
Popliteus and Gastocnemius
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