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Muscles - Muscles of the rump and thigh

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What are the cranial muscles of the hindlimb?

Quadriceps femoris: group of antigravity muscles that extend the stifle
1. Rectus femoris: extends stifle/flexes hip, most cranial, from ilium to tibial tuberosity
2. Vastus medialis
3. Vastus lateralis
4. Vastus intermedius: extends stifle, on cranial face of femur, from profimal femur to tibial tuberosity at patellar tendon

What are the superficial medial thigh muscles in hindlimb?

1. Sartorius: flex hip/adduct thigh, extend stifle, paired in dog, single in horse, from ilium to medial stifle
2. Adductor: adduct limb, from pelvis to medial femur and stifle
3. Pectineus: adduct limb, from pubis to medial aspect of femur
4. Gracilis: adduct limb/flex stifle/extend hip and hock, from pelvic symphysis to medial stifle and calcaneus

What are the deep muscles of the hindlimb?

They all stabilize the hip, pull head of femur into joint, and rotate it laterally
1. Internal obturator: cover the obturator foramen internally
2. External obturator: cover the obturator foramen externally
3. Gemelli

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