| What muscle is this? Function? | psoas major; flexor of the thigh; sits up the upper body |
| What muscle? Function? | vastus medialis; extension of leg at knee joint |
| What muscle? Function? | vastus intermedius; extension of leg at knee joint |
| What muscle is this? | iliacus; flexor of the thigh, flexes the trunk in sitting up |
| What muscle? Function? | gluteus maximus; abducts, adducts, and laterally rotates the hip |
| What muscle? Function? | gluteus medius; abducts the thigh, stabilizes hip |
| What muscle? Function? | piriformis; stabilization of hip, rotation/abduction/extension of hip |
| What muscle? Function? | superior gemellus; acts as abductors when the thigh is flexed; external rotation/adduction/extension of hip |
| What muscle? Function? | obturator internus; laterally rotates thigh when extended; abducts thigh when flexed |
| What muscle? Function? | inferior gemellus; external rotation/adduction/extension of hip; abductors when thigh is flexed |
| What muscle? Function? | quadratus femurs; external rotation and adduction of hip |
| What muscle? Function? | sartorius; flexes and internally rotates leg at knee |
| What muscle? Function? | rectus femoris; extension of leg at knee joint, flexion of hip |
| What muscle? Function? | adductor Magnus; adducts thigh powerfully; rotates thigh medially |
| What muscle? Function? | adductor longus; adducts thigh powerfully; rotates thigh medially |
| What muscle? | pectineus; externally rotates thigh |
| What muscle? Function? | gracilis; adductor of thigh, flexes leg at knee and rotates it inward |
| What muscle group? | quadriceps femoris |
| What muscle? Function? | biceps femoris; flexes leg at knee joint, rotates tibia outwards |
| What muscle? Function? | semitendinosus; rotates leg inward, flexes leg at knee joint |
| What muscle? Function? | semimembranosus; flexes leg at knee joint, rotates leg inward |
| What muscles make up the hamstring? | biceps femoris, semitendinosus, semimembranosus |
| What muscle? Function? | tibialis anterior; dorsiflexion and inversion of foot |
| What muscle? Function? | extensor digitorum longus; extends digits 2-5, dorsiflexes foot |
| What muscle? Function? | fibularis tertius; dorsiflexes and everts foot at ankle |
| What muscle? Function? | fibularis longus; plantarflexes and pronates foot, supports transverse arch of foot |
| What muscle? Function? | fibularis brevis; plantarflex and pronate foot |
| What muscle? Function? | gastrocnemius; plantar flexion of foot, flexes leg at knee joint |
| What muscle? Function? | soleus; plantar flexion of foot |
| What muscle? Function? | plantaris; flexes the knee, assists plantar flexion of foot |
| What muscle? Function? | popliteus; unlocks and flexes the knee, assists in medial rotation of tibia |
| What muscle? Function? | tibialis posterior; plantar flexion of foot, inverts and adducts foot |
| What muscle? Function? | flexor digitorum longus; flexion of phalanges of distal joints 2-5, inversion and plantar flexion of foot |
| What muscle? Function? | flexor hallucis longus; flexion of distal phalanx (hallux), inversion and plantar flexion of foot |
| What hormones are found in the hypothalamus? | 1. growth-hormone releasing hormone
2. growth-hormone inhibiting hormone
3. thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)
4. corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)
5. gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GRH)
6. prolactin-inhibiting hormone (PIH) |
| What muscle? Function? | vastus lateralis; extension of leg at knee joint |
