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| strong hip flexor, deep in pelvis; composite of two muscles |
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| power extensor of the hip; forms most of buttock mass |
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| prime mover of plantar flexion; composite of two muscles |
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| inverts and dorsiflexes the foot |
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| the group that enables you to draw your legs to the midline of your body, as when standing attention |
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| muscle group that extends the thigh and flexes the knee |
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| muscle group that ends the knee |
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| smaller hip muscle, commonly used as an injection site |
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| thin superficial muscle of the medial thigh |
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| muscle enclosed within fascia that blends into the iliotibial tract; synergist of the iliopsoas |
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| extensor digitorum longus |
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| dorsiflexes and everts the foot; prime mover of toe extension |
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| a superficial muscle of the lateral leg; plantar flexes and everts foot |
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| muscle deep to the soleus; prime mover of foot inversion; stabilizes the medial longitudinal arch of the foot and plantar flexes the ankle |
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| flex and rotate humerus in medial direction |
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| elevate arm laterally, abduct |
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| hyperextend head, elevate shoulder |
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| rotate head laterally and flexes head |
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| flex arm, adduct, pushing, "boxer's muscle" |
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| flex, hyperextend trunk, little rotation |
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| rotate trunk, flex laterally |
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| flex whole leg, extends lower leg |
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| vastus medialis/ vastus lateralis |
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| flex leg, extend lower leg, stabilizes knee |
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| dorsiflex, eversion of feet |
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| flex trunk, rotates leg, leg hyperextension |
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| whole body extension and rotation |
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| flex lower leg/knee, hyperextension of thigh |
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