Thigh Muscle Anatomy. This muscle group is composed of the gluteus minimus gluteus medius gluteus maximus and the tensor fascia lata. They attach to bone with tendons and they help move parts of the skeleton.
The origin of this nickname is obscure but it may have to do with the practice of butchers of hanging the thighs of butchered animals such as pig the hams by the tendons of these three muscles. The single bone in the thigh region is called the femur. The muscles in the thighs are divided into three main groups.
This muscle group is composed of the gluteus minimus gluteus medius gluteus maximus and the tensor fascia lata.
The six hip adductor muscles are all located in the adductor or medial compartment of the thigh and all mainly adduct the thigh at the hip joint. The thigh is the part of the leg that runs between the hip and the knee. The thigh muscles are skeletal muscles. Weak adductor muscles may cause knee instability and adductor strain2.
