Actions Flashcards
1a) Gluteus medius
2) Piriformis
1a) Abduct and medially rotate thigh
2) Lateral rotation and abduction of hip
8) Sartorius
11) Vastus lateralis
14) Adductor longus
8) Flex knee, abduct and laterally rotate thigh
11) Extend knee
14) Adduct, medially rotate, and flex thigh
8) Sartotius
12) Rectus femoris
8) Flex knee, abduct and laterally rotate thigh
12) Extend knee, flex thigh at hip
10) Vastus medialis
10) Extend knee
11) Vastus lateralis
19) Biceps femoris
11) Extend knee
19) Extend thigh, flex knee, rotate leg
12a) Vastus intermedius
12a) Extend knee
13) Gracilis
15) Adductor magnus
17) Semimembranosus
13) Adduct thigh, medially rotate and flex knee
15) Adduct, medially rotate, and flex thigh
17) Extend thigh, flex knee, rotate leg
16) Semitendinosus
17) Semimembranosus
16) Extend thigh, flex knee, rotate leg
17) Extend thigh, flex knee, rotate leg
20) Tibialis anterior
21) Extension digitorum longus
20) Dorsiflexion and inversion
21) Toe extension, dorsiflexion
21) Extensor digitorum longus
22) Fibularis (peroneus) longus
23) Fibularis (peroneus) brevis
21) Toe extension, dorsiflexion
22) Plantar flexion
23) Plantar flexion
24/25) Gastrocnemius
24/25) Plantar flexion
27) Soleus
27) Plantar flexion
28) Popliteus
31) Tibialis posterior
28) Medial flexion and rotate knee
31) Inversion, plantar flexion
Gluteus maximus
Thigh extensor
Iliacus
Flexion at hip
Psoas major
Flexion at hip or lumbar invertebrals
Tensor Fasciae latae
Flex, abduct, and medially rotate thigh
Gluteus minimus
Abduct and medially rotate thigh
