Posterior Thigh Muscles :hamstrings Actions

Question 1

Semimembranosus
Action

Answer 1

Flexes knee extends the hip and helps to medically rotate the lower leg

Question 2

Semitendinosus
Action

Answer 2

Flexes knee extends hips & helps to medically rotate the lower leg

Question 3

Biceps femoris
Action

Answer 3

Flexes the knee extends the hip &helos to laterally rotate the lower leg

Question 4

Actions of the hamstrings

Answer 4

All extends the hip
All flex the knee
Laterally rotates lower leg
Medially rotates lower leg (semimembranosus & Semitendinosus only)