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Location The location of the muscle in a standard human body. The location first specifies a group such as head, neck, torso, upper limbs, or lower limbs, then may have more specific information. However this additional information must be describing location not function. Origin
Pages in category "Muscles of the lower limb" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
This is a category for the collection of subcategories of muscles by where they rest in various body locations. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Only skeletal and smooth muscles are part of the musculoskeletal system and only the muscles can move the body. Cardiac muscles are found in the heart and are used only to circulate blood; like the smooth muscles, these muscles are not under conscious control. Skeletal muscles are attached to bones and arranged in opposing groups around joints. [8]
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.
Gross anatomy has become a key part of visual arts. Basic concepts of how muscles and bones function and deform with movement is key to drawing, painting or animating a human figure. Many books such as Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form, are written as a guide to drawing the human body anatomically correctly. [4]
The term lower limb or lower extremity is commonly used to describe all of the leg. The leg from the knee to the ankle is called the crus. [7] The calf is the back portion, and the tibia or shinbone together with the smaller fibula make up the shin, the front of the lower leg. [8] Comparison between human and gorilla skeletons. (Gorilla in non ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to human anatomy: . Human anatomy is the scientific study of the morphology of the adult human.It is subdivided into gross anatomy and microscopic anatomy.