The external oblique is situated on the lateral and anterior parts of the abdomen. It is broad, thin, and irregularly quadrilateral, its...

The brachialis muscle and brachial muscle can be considered as the anglicized variant of the Latin expression musculus bracchialis. In...

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...