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  2. Posterior compartment of thigh - Wikipedia

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    The hamstrings are innervated by the sciatic nerve, specifically by a main branch of it: the tibial nerve. (The short head of the biceps femoris is innervated by the common fibular nerve). The sciatic nerve runs along the longitudinal axis of the compartment, giving the cited terminal branches close to the superior angle of the popliteal fossa.

  3. Patellar reflex - Wikipedia

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    However, there is an inhibitory interneuron used to relax the antagonistic hamstring muscle (reciprocal innervation). This test of a basic automatic reflex may be influenced by the patient consciously inhibiting or exaggerating the response; the doctor may use the Jendrassik maneuver in order to ensure a more valid reflex test.

  4. List of nerves of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Distribution of the areas of the sensory roots upon the surface of the body. Structure of the nervous system; Development of the nervous system; The spinal cord or medulla spinalis; The brain or encephalon The hindbrain or rhombencephalon; The midbrain or mesencephalon; The forebrain or prosencephalon; Composition and central connections of the ...

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

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    Number of times that the named muscle row occurs in a standard human body. Here it may also be denoted when a given muscles only occurs in a male or a female body. By (F) for female and (M) for male, if nothing is denoted. The muscle can be assumed to occur in both genders.

  6. Inferior gluteal nerve - Wikipedia

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    The muscle is supplied by the inferior gluteal nerve which arises from the dorsal branches of the ventral rami of the fifth (L5), the first and second sacral nerves. [2]The lumbosacral trunk, which is made up of L5 and a small branch of L4, effectively connects the lumbar and sacral plexuses. [3]

  7. 8 Hamstring Exercises You Can Do at Home for Lower-Body ... - AOL

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    Step 2: Squeeze your glutes and hamstrings to lift your hips off the ground until your body forms a straight line from your shoulders to your knees. Engaging your core, lift your right leg up off ...

  8. Your 30-Day Walking & Mat Pilates Workout for a Tight, Trim ...

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    Day 2: Walking Intervals. Day 3: Pilates Lower Body Focus. Day 4: Walking Pyramid. Day 5: Pilates Full-Body Stretch & Strength. Day 6: Steady-State Walk. Day 7: Rest Day. Day 1: Pilates Core ...

  9. Gluteal muscles - Wikipedia

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    The gluteus maximus arises from the posterior gluteal line of the inner upper ilium, and the rough portion of bone including the crest, immediately above and behind it; from the posterior surface of the lower part of the sacrum and the side of the coccyx; from the aponeurosis of the erector spinae (lumbodorsal fascia), the sacrotuberous ligament, and the fascia covering the gluteus medius.