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Bookmark or Share- Leg Muscles: Anatomy and Function - Cleveland ClinicWhat are the leg muscles? You have many different muscles in your upper and lower leg. Together, these muscles help you walk, run, jump, stand on your toes and flex your feet (lift your toes up toward your knee). Your leg muscles work with your bones, tendons and ligaments to stabilize your body, support your weight and help you move.
- Leg Muscles Anatomy, Function & Diagram | Body Maps - HealthlineAs these muscles contract and relax, they move skeletal bones to create movement of the body. Smaller muscles help the larger muscles, stabilize joints, help rotate joints, and facilitate other...
- What is the anatomy of the lower leg? - Medical News TodayLegs are the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands. The lower leg forms part of the lower extremity. This refers to the body from the hip down.
- Human leg - WikipediaThe leg is the entire lower limb of the human body, including the foot, thigh or sometimes even the hip or buttock region. The major bones of the leg are the femur (thigh bone), tibia (shin bone), and adjacent fibula. There are 60 bones in each leg. The thigh is located in between the hip and knee.
- Leg Anatomy: Complete Guide with Parts, Names & DiagramThe legs are the parts of the human body below the hip and above the foot. Leg anatomy comprises big bones like the thigh bone (femur), the shin bone (tibia), and a smaller bone fibula. Your thigh is the top of your leg, between your hip and knee, and your calf is the back part below your knee.
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