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  2. Posterior compartment of thigh - Wikipedia

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    These muscles (or their tendons) apart from the short head of the biceps femoris, are commonly known as the hamstrings. The depression at the back of the knee, or kneepit is the popliteal fossa, colloquially called the ham. The tendons of the above muscles can be felt as prominent cords on both sides of the fossa—the biceps femoris tendon on ...

  3. Peroneal nerve paralysis - Wikipedia

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    Tendon transfer surgery is necessary when a certain muscle function is lost because of a nerve injury. If a nerve is injured and cannot be repaired, then the nerve no longer sends signals to certain muscles. Those muscles are paralyzed and their muscle function is lost. Tendon transfer surgery can be used to attempt to replace that function.

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

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    Lower Limb, Leg, Posterior compartment, Superficial lateral supracondylar ridge of femur above lateral head of gastrocnemius: calcaneal tendon (medial side, deep to gastrocnemius tendon) sural arteries: tibial nerve: plantarflexes ankle, flexes knee: tibialis anterior: 2 1 popliteus: Lower Limb, Leg, Posterior compartment, Deep

  5. Gracilis muscle - Wikipedia

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    The muscle's fibers run vertically downward, ending in a rounded tendon. This tendon passes behind the medial condyle of the femur, curves around the medial condyle of the tibia where it becomes flattened, and inserts into the upper part of the medial surface of the body of the tibia, below the condyle.

  6. Paraplegic woman educates TikTokers on how it feels to be ...

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    A woman is educating fellow TikTokers on how it feels to be paralyzed through a simple exercise. On Jan. 10, Jessica Tawil — a paraplegic woman based in New York and New Jersey — ;shared the ...

  7. Human musculoskeletal system - Wikipedia

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    A tendon is a tough, flexible band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscles to bones. [12] The extra-cellular connective tissue between muscle fibers binds to tendons at the distal and proximal ends, and the tendon binds to the periosteum of individual bones at the muscle's origin and insertion. As muscles contract, tendons transmit ...

  8. Paralyzed woman slams disability stigmas with sexy photoshoot

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    Inspiring woman with paralyzing disease becomes successful model #Multimasking is the trendy new secret to flawless skin These inspiring women are fighting against a body shamer one cake slice at ...

  9. Woman Paralyzed by Falling Tree Can Move Again Thanks to ...

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    Related: Teen Becomes Temporarily Paralyzed After 2 Insect Bites: 'Something Was Very Wrong' As Owen explained: “It [used to] take me 30 minutes to get dressed. Now it takes 12. [I used to ...