Lower Limb. Mainly thigh?!


Question: what action do abductor and adductor of the thigh Do?

also, what leg muscles functions or serve like A Rotator Cuff?

how is the origin insertion and action of the muscles that invert and evert the foot?


Answers: what action do abductor and adductor of the thigh Do?

also, what leg muscles functions or serve like A Rotator Cuff?

how is the origin insertion and action of the muscles that invert and evert the foot?

Squeeze the legs together... adduction
Push the legs apart ... abduction

Medial Rotation (Internal Rotation) that is...
Rotary movement around the longitudinal axis of the bone toward the center of the body; turning the thigh or pelvis inward... uses these muscles:
Tensor fasciae latae
Gluteus medius
Gluteus minimus, anterior fibers

Lateral Rotation (External Rotation) which is:
Rotary movement around the longitudinal axis of the bone away from the center of the body; turning the thigh or pelvis outward... uses these muscles:
Gemellus superior
Gemellus inferior
Obturator internus
Obturator externus
Quadratus femoris
Piriformis
Gluteus maximus
Sartorius
Gluteus medius, posterior fibers





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