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Hamstring

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hamstring"

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paralysing	(British spelling) Alternative spelling of paralyzing. [That paralyzes.]
cripplingnoun	Causing a severe and insurmountable problem; detrimental.
semitendinosusnoun	(anatomy) A fusiform muscle (one of the hamstrings) in the back of the thigh.
semimembranosusnoun	(anatomy, anatomy) A muscle in the back of the thigh; the most medial of the three hamstring muscles (meaning it is more to the inner of the thighs, not between the two others in one leg, which is the semitendinosus).
quadriceps tendonnoun	(anatomy) In human anatomy, a tendon that connects the quadriceps femoris muscles to the superior aspects of the patella on the anterior of the thigh.
thighnoun	The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
vastusnoun	(anatomy) One of the great muscles upon the front of the thigh.
biceps femorisnoun	(anatomy) The flexor of the knee, a two-headed muscle in the back of the upper leg.
gastrocnemiusnoun	The muscle at the back of the calf, whose insertion is the Achilles tendon at the heel.
femoral trianglenoun	(anatomy) An anatomical space in the superior and medial aspect of the anterior thigh, bounded superiorly by the inguinal ligament, laterally by the sartorius muscle, and medially by the adductor longus muscle.
vastus lateralisnoun	(anatomy) The largest and most powerful part of the quadriceps femoris, a group of thigh muscles. Situated on the outside of the front of the thigh.
achilles tendonnoun	(anatomy) The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, and inserted into the bone of the heel.
tibianoun	(anatomy) The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone.
patellar ligamentnoun	(anatomy) a ligament joining the patella to the tibia
quadriceps femorisnoun	(anatomy) A group of four thigh muscles, including the rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, and vastus medialis muscles.
merosnoun	(anatomy) the proximal segment of the hind limb; the thigh
tibialisnoun	Either of two muscles that attach to the tibia.
tendinosusnoun	(anatomy) Synonym of semitendinosus.
ischial tuberositynoun	(anatomy) Each of the two lower extremities of the pelvis in humans (and other animals), on which the weight is placed while sitting and which are covered by the gluteus maximus while standing.
sartoriusnoun	(anatomy) A long, slender muscle that runs from the iliac crest along the anterior and medial aspects of the thigh to the proximal tibia, superficial to the quadriceps musculature; the longest muscle in the human body.