Muscle Table Part 3

(Table is not all inclusive- many more actions not listed)

Muscle

Origin

Insertion

Action

Rectus femoris

Anterior inferior
iliac spine

Extend leg & flexes thigh

Vastus lateralis

Greater
trochanter &
linea aspera of
femur
Linea aspera of
femur

Patella via tendon

& tibial tuberosity
via ligament
Ditto

Ditto

Extend leg at knee

Anterior and
lateral surfaces
of femur
Anterior
superior iliac
spine
Pubic crest &
symphysis

Ditto

Extend leg at knee

Medial of tibia

abducts & laterally rotates

thigh (cross-leg)

Linea aspera of
femur

Adducts, flexes & medially

rotates thigh

Inferior ramus
& ischium to
ischium
tuberosity
Inferior ramus

Linea aspera of
femur

Adducts, medially rotates

thigh

Superior half of
linea aspera of
femur
Medial of tibia

Adducts, flexes and medially

rotates thigh

Head of fibula and

lateral condyle of
tibia

Flexes leg & extends thigh

Proximal medial
surface of tibia

Flexes leg & extends thigh

Vastus
intermedius
Vastus medialis

Sartorius

Adductor
longus
Adductor
magnus

Adductor brevis

Gracilis

Biceps femoris

Semitendinosus

Body and
inferior ramus
of pubis
Long: ischial
tuberosity
Short: linea
aspera of femur
Ischial
tuberosity

Extend leg at knee

Adducts and medially

rotates thigh

Semimembrano
sus

Ischial
tuberosity

Medial condyle of
tibia

Flexes leg & extends thigh

Gluteus
maximus

Iliac crest,
sacrum, coccyx

Extends & laterally rotates

thigh at hip

Tibialis anterior

Lateral condyle
and body of
tibia

Gluteal tuberosity
under greate
trochanter
1st metatarsal and
1st cuneiform

Dorsiflexes & inverts foot

Muscle Table Part 3

(Table is not all inclusive- many more actions not listed)
Fibularis longus
(peroneus)

Head & body of

fibular

1st metatarsal & 1st

cuneiform

Plantar flexes & everts foot

Gastrocnemius

Lateral and
medial
condyles of
femur

Calcaneus via
Achilles tendon

Plantar flexes foot & flexes

leg