Muscle Name: Semitendinosus
Medical Name:
- Semitendinosus
Other Names:
- None
Head:
- None (Single muscle)
Movement:
- Flexion of the knee
- Bending the leg
- Extension of the hip
- Moving the thigh backward
- Medial rotation of the knee (when the knee is flexed)
- Rotating the lower leg inward
Attachment:
- Origin:
- Ischial tuberosity
- Insertion:
- Medial surface of the proximal tibia (part of the pes anserinus)
Related Muscles:
- Biceps Femoris
- Semimembranosus
- Quadriceps
- Gluteus Maximus
- Adductor Magnus
- Sartorius
- Gracilis