Biceps femoris muscle
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The biceps femoris is a muscle of the thigh located to the posterior, or back. As its name implies, it consists of two heads; the long head is considered part of the hamstring muscle group, while the
Biceps femoris
Hamstring
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A hamstring is any one of the three posterior thigh muscles in human anatomy between the hip and the knee: from medial to lateral, the semimembranosus, semitendinosus and biceps femoris.
Biceps femoris muscle
…is a muscle of the thigh located to the posterior, or back. As its name implies, it consists of two heads; the long head is considered part of the hamstring muscle group, while the short head is sometimes excluded from this characterization, as it only causes knee flexion (but not hip extension) and is…
Photo depicting a torn hamstring in the right thigh
Tear of the hamstrings muscles at the ischial tuberosity seen on MRI (visible on a coronal STIR MRI sequence). The arrowheads indicate the tuber[which?] and the retracted tendon stump.[which?] Significant bleeding around and into the muscles.