hamstring muscles
Sign in to saveA hamstring () is any one of the three posterior thigh muscles in human anatomy between the hip and the knee: from medial to lateral, the semimembranosus, semitendinosus and biceps femoris.
Key facts
- Muscle.Name
- Hamstring
- Muscle.Image
- Hamstrings.gif
- Muscle.Caption
- Rotating view of the hamstring muscles
- Muscle.Origin
- tuberosity of the ischium, linea aspera
- Muscle.Insertion
- tibia, fibula
- Muscle.Blood
- inferior gluteal artery, profunda femoris artery
- Muscle.Nerve
- sciatic nerve (tibial nerve and common fibular nerve)
- Muscle.Action
- flexion of knee, extension of hip
- Muscle.Antagonist
- Rectus femoris muscle
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- Etymology
- Criteria
- Structure
- Function
- Clinical significance
- Sports running injuries
- Imaging
- Use in surgery
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A hamstring () is any one of the three posterior thigh muscles in human anatomy between the hip and the knee: from medial to lateral, the semimembranosus, semitendinosus and biceps femoris.
==Etymology== The word "ham" is derived from the Old English “ham” or “hom” meaning the hollow or bend of the knee, from a Germanic base where it meant "crooked". It gained the meaning of the leg of an animal around the 15th century. String refers to tendons, and thus the hamstrings' string-like tendons felt on either side of the back of the knee.