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Lower Extremity Muscles - Coggle Diagram
Lower Extremity Muscles
Thigh
Anterior compartment
Iliopsoas
O: sides of T12-L5 vertebrae and discs between them, transverse processes of all lumbar vertebrae
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Sartorius
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A: flexes, abduct, ER of thigh at hip joint, flexes leg at knee joint
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Pectineus
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I: pectineal line of femur, just inferior to lesser trochanter
A: adducts and flexes thigh, assists with IR of thigh
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Quadriceps femoris
Rectus femoris
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A: extends knee, helps iliopsoas flex hip
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Medial compartment
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Adductor brevis
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A: adducts thigh, slight flexion
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Adductor magnus
Adductor part
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I: gluteal tuberosity, linea aspera, medial supracondylar line
A: adducts thigh, flexes thigh
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Hamstring part
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A: adducts thigh, extends thigh
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Gracilis
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A: adducts, flexes thigh, IR
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Posterior compartment
Semimembranosus
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A: extends hip, when knee flexed - hip flexion and IR
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Semitendinosus
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A: hip extension, flex and IR knee
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Biceps femoris
Long head
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A: flexes leg and ER when knee flexed, hip extension
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Short head
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A: flexes leg and ER when knee flexed, hip extension
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Foot
Plantar foot
Superficial layer
Abductor hallucis
O: medial tubercle of calcaneus tuberosity, flexor retinaculum, plantar aponeurosis
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Flexor digitorum brevis
O: medial tubercle of calcaneus tuberosity, plantar aponeurosis, intermuscular septa
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Abductor digiti minimi
O: medial and alteral tubercles of calcaneus tuberosity, plantar aponeurosis, intermuscular septa
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Second layer
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Lumbricals
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A: flex proximal phalanx, extend middle and distal phalanx of lateral 4 digits
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Dorsal foot
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Extensor hallucis brevis
O: calcaneus, interosseous talocalcaneal ligament, stem of inferior extensor retinaculum
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Gluteal region
Gluteus maximus
O: ilium posterior to posterior gluteal line, dorsal surface of sacrum/coccyx, sacrotuberous ligament
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A: extends hip, assists ER
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Gluteus medius
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A: abduct and IR hip, ER of femur when hip flexed
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Gluteus minimus
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A: abduct and IR hip, ER of femur when hip flexed
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Tensor fasciae latae
O: ASIS, anterior part of iliac crest
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A: abduction and flexion of femur, IR
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Piriformis
O: anterior surface of sacrum, sacrotuberous ligament
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A: ER when hip extended, IR when hip flexed
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