Muscular system
Semitendinosus muscle
Musculus semitendinosus
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Posterior compartment of thigh
DescriptionUnreviewed
The semitendinosus is a long superficial muscle in the back of the thigh.
It is so named because it has a very long tendon of insertion.
It lies posteromedially in the thigh, superficial to the semimembranosus.
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Muscle attachments
Origin
Insertion
Names
- Latin
- Musculus semitendinosus
- English
- Semitendinosus muscle
- French
- Muscle semitendineux
- Spanish
- Músculo semitendinoso
- Portuguese
- Músculo semitendíneo