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Muscles move leg (lower)
muscle and action
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
03/10/2012
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Term
rectus femoris*
 Definition
extends leg, flexes thigh
Term
vastus lateralis*
 Definition
extends leg
Term
vastus medialis*
 Definition
extends leg
Term
vastus intermedius*
 Definition
extends leg (under RF)
Term
*anterior thigh (quadriceps femoris group)
 Definition
*rectus femoris *vastus lateralis *vastus medialis *vastus intermedius
Term
biceps femoris**
 Definition
extends thigh, flexes leg
Term
semitendinosus**
 Definition
extends thigh, flexes leg
Term
semimembranous**
 Definition
extends thigh, flexes leg
(more medial)
Term
**posterior thigh (hamstring muscles)
 Definition
**biceps femoris **semitendinosus **semimembranous
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