A long, strap-like muscle on the medial aspect of the thigh that adducts the hip and flexes the knee.
A long, strap-like muscle on the medial aspect of the thigh that adducts the hip and flexes the knee.
Situated in the femoral (thigh) region of the lower limb (midline / bilateral aspect, central plane) within the muscles.
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Muscles pull on skeletal attachments to move bones at joints and hold the skeleton in postural alignment.
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