Muscles: Hip Flashcards
Hamstring muscles
Biceps femoris, semitendinosus, semimemranosus
Quadriceps muscles
Rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis
Iliopsoas (iliacus, psoas major and psoas minor)
Flexion and external rotation of the hip
Rectus femoris
Flexion of the hip
Gluteus maximus
Extension and external rotation (superior fibers: abduction) of the hip
Biceps femoris
Extension, abduction, and slight external rotation of the hip
Semitendinosus
Extension, adduction, and slight internal rotation of the hip
Semimembranosus
Extension, adduction, and slight internal rotation of the hip
Gluteus medius and minimus
All fibers preform abduction of the hip. The interior fibers internally rotate the hip and the posterior fibers externally irate the hip
Adduction magnus
Adduction of the hip
Adductor brevis and longus
Adduction of the hip
Tensor fasciae latae
Flexion, abduction, and internal rotation of the hip
Sartorius
Flexion and external rotation of the hip, flexion of the knee
Pectineus
Flexion, adduction, and external rotation of the hip
Gracilis
Adduction of the hip