hamstring muscles
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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.
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It sits within the topics Hamstring, Hip extensors and Knee flexors.
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
4,006 papers- Sonographic landmarks in hamstring muscles.Skeletal radiology · 2019
- Hamstring Strain Injury Rehabilitation.Journal of athletic training · 2022
- Impact of exercise selection on hamstring muscle activation.British journal of sports medicine · 2017
- The mechanism of hamstring injuries - a systematic review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2020
- Hamstring Strain Injury in Athletes.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy · 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- semimembranosus muscle
- Image
- Hamstrings.gif
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- antagonist muscle
- rectus femoris muscle
- Commons category
- Hamstring muscles
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Criteria
- Structure
- Function
- Clinical significance
- Sports running injuries
- Imaging
- Use in surgery
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
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