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HAMSTRING MUSCLES [1 record]

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Record 1 1985-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Muscles and Tendons
DEF

Three muscles on the posterior aspect of the thigh, the semitendinosus, semimembranosus, and biceps femoris.

CONT

[Hamstrings] flex the leg and adduct and extend the thigh.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muscles et tendons
CONT

"Muscles ischio-jambiers" : Annales de kinésithérapie, 1980, vol. 7, no 5, p. 205. "Ischio-jambiers" : Revue de chirurgie orthopédique, 1977, no 63, supp. II, p. 58.

Spanish

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