Name the primary and secondary movements that the hamstrings generate at the knee

What will be an ideal response?


The hamstrings are the primary knee flexors. The biceps femoris laterally rotates the knee in a flexed position; the semitendinosus and semimembranosus medially rotate the knee in a flexed position.

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A physician who treats patients with cancer is a(n) ____. 

A. pathologist B. oncologist C. surgeon D. urologist E. gynecologist

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A. operating room B. room and board C. respiratory therapy D. EKG

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