lower body muscles and movments Flashcards
to learn the movments of the lower muscles and their functions
what muscles is placed at the anteriror hip joint and is in charge of the flextion of the thigh?
iliopasoas
what is a muscle placed on the thigh and is in charge on the hip felxion?
Rectus femoris
what muscle is placed on the hip and is in charge hip extention?
Gluteus maximus
what muscle is placed posteriorly and is in charge of hip extention, and hip leteral rotation?
Biceps femoris
what are the two muscles that are placed posteriorly in the thigh, and are in charge of hip extention, and hip medial rotation?
semitendinosus (middle of the hamstrings) and semimembranosus (medial)
what muscle is placed on the anterior thigh region, and is in charge of the extention of the knee?
Rectus Femoris (RF)
(middle of the quads)
what muscle is placed antirior leteral side of the thigh and is in charge of the knee extention?
Vastus lateralis (VL)
what muscle is placed antirior medial and is in charge of the knee extention?
Vastus Medialis (VM)
what muscle is placed in anteriorly of the thigh and is in charge of the knee extention. (deep in the knee)?
Vastus intermedius (VI) (deep)
what muscles has two heads (leteral and medial) and is placed posterior to the knee and is in charge of the flexion at the knee?
gastrocnemius (leteral and medial)
what muscle is placed in the anterior of the leg, and is in charge of dorsiflexion, and invertion (leteral side)?
tibialis anterior
what muscle is placed posterior to the leg, has three muscles and is in charge of plantarfelxion (extention)
Tricep surae