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| action of gluteus maximum |
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| extends, laterally rotates, and abducts hips |
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| abducts and medially rotates hip |
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| action of gluteus minimum |
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| abducts and medially rotates hip |
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| action of vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, and vastus intermedius |
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| flexes and laterally rotates hip, flexes knee |
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| nerve supply of rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius, and sartorius |
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| action of biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus |
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| extends the hip and flexes the knee |
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| nerve supply of biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus |
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| action of adductor magnus, adductor longus, adductor brevis, and pectineus |
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| adducts and medially rotates hip, flexes knee |
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| nerve supply of adductor magnus, adductor longus, adductor brevis, pectineus, and gracilis |
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| plantar flexes ankle, flexes knee |
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| action of other muscles of posterior compartment |
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| plantar flexes ankle, flexes toes |
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| action of anterior compartment of leg |
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| dorsiflexes and inverts ankle, extends toes |
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| action of lateral compartment of leg |
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| plantar flexes and everts the ankle |
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| nerve supply of gastrocnemius, soleus, and other muscles of posterior compartment |
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| nerve supply of anterior compartment of leg |
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| nerve supply of posterior compartment of leg |
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| superficial fibular nerve |
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