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  2. Human leg - Wikipedia

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    That said, legs (especially the inside of the upper leg that has the most sensitive and delicate skin) are considered to be one of the most sexualized elements of a woman's body, especially in Hollywood movies. [68] Both men and women generally consider long legs attractive, [69] which may explain the preference for tall fashion models. Men ...

  3. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Upper Limb, Arm, Anterior compartment, right/left coracoid process of scapula: medial surface of humerus: brachial artery: musculocutaneous nerve: flexes and adducts shoulder: 2 1 biceps brachii: Upper Limb, Arm, Anterior compartment, right/left short head: coracoid process of scapula long head: supraglenoid tubercle: radial tuberosity ...

  4. Quadriceps - Wikipedia

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    The quadriceps femoris muscle is subdivided into four separate muscles (the 'heads'), [1] [2] with the first superficial to the other three over the femur (from the trochanters to the condyles): The rectus femoris muscle occupies the middle of the thigh, covering most of the other three quadriceps muscles. [1] It originates on the ilium. It is ...

  5. Sartorius muscle - Wikipedia

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    The sartorius muscle can move the hip joint and the knee joint, but all of its actions are weak, making it a synergist muscle. [4] At the hip, it can flex, weakly abduct, and laterally rotate the femur. [4] At the knee, it can flex the leg; when the knee is flexed, sartorius medially rotates the leg.

  6. List of abductors of the human body - Wikipedia

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    1 Upper limb. Toggle Upper limb subsection. 1.1 Arm and shoulder. 1.2 Hand and wrist. 2 Lower limb. ... Gluteus maximus muscle; Gluteus medius muscle; Gluteus minimus ...

  7. Femur - Wikipedia

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    The femur (/ ˈ f iː m ər /; pl.: femurs or femora / ˈ f ɛ m ər ə /), [1] [2] or thigh bone, is the only bone in the thigh — the region of the lower limb between the hip and the knee. In many four-legged animals the femur is the upper bone of the hindleg .

  8. 7 Least Effective Exercises for Building Bigger Leg Muscles ...

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    The thigh abductor machine isolates the outer thighs and glutes but doesn't provide a full range of motion or engage other leg muscles effectively.

  9. List of flexors of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The iliacus and nearby muscles. The hip flexors are (in descending order of importance to the action of flexing the hip joint): [2] Collectively known as the iliopsoas or inner hip muscles: Psoas major; Iliacus muscle; Anterior compartment of thigh. Rectus femoris (part of the quadriceps muscle group) Sartorius; One of the gluteal muscles ...