Knee pain is thought to be primarily associated with specific quadriceps muscle weakness or fatigue, especially in the vastus medialis...

The sartorius muscle is the longest muscle in the human body. It is a long, thin, superficial muscle that runs down the length of the...

The gracilis muscle is commonly used as a flap in microsurgery. According to the classification of Mathes and Nahai, it presents a type...

The rectus abdominis is an important postural muscle. It is responsible for flexing the lumbar spine, as when doing a "crunch" sit up....

Adductor Longus is the middle of the three short adductor muscles. Groin strains are common injuries to the adductor muscles, which occur...

The tibialis anterior aides in the activities of walking, running, hiking, kicking a ball, or any activity that requires moving the leg...

The brachioradialis is a stronger elbow flexor when the forearm is in a midposition between supination and pronation at the radioulnar...

The gastrocnemius is primarily involved in running, jumping and other "fast" movements of leg, and to a lesser degree in walking and...

The serratus anterior is occasionally called the "big swing muscle" or "boxer's muscle" because it is largely responsible for the...

The biceps brachii muscle is the one that gave all muscles their name: it comes from the Latin musculus, "little mouse", because the...