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Muscles of the hip, thigh and leg

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Across:

3.	This muscle is attached to the hip and helps to extend or raise the knee.
7.	It flexes the hip.
13.	This muscle arises from a series of flat, broad tendons attached to the femur, and attaches to the outer border of the patella.
14.	Adducts the thigh.

16.	Plantar flexes the foot.
17.	It dorsiflexions the foot and extends the toes.
18.	This muscle is located along the upper portion of the femur, which is also known as the thighbone.

Down:

1.	Covered by the Gluteus Maximus.
2.	It laterally flexes the vertebral column.
4.	The four muscles join together at the quadriceps tendon.
5.	Forms the buttocks.
6.	Covers the anterior crest.
8.	Draws the leg inward and laterally rotates the thigh.

9.	Flexes and abducts the thigh.
10.	It is the most medial, or inner, of the quadriceps muscles.
11.	Extends the thigh and flexes the knee.
12.	Forms the calf.
15.	Originates on the Ilium and inserts on the tibia.

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Across:

3.	This muscle is attached to the hip and helps to extend or raise the knee.
7.	It flexes the hip.
13.	This muscle arises from a series of flat, broad tendons attached to the femur, and attaches to the outer border of the patella.
14.	Adducts the thigh.

16.	Plantar flexes the foot.
17.	It dorsiflexions the foot and extends the toes.
18.	This muscle is located along the upper portion of the femur, which is also known as the thighbone.

Down:

1.	Covered by the Gluteus Maximus.
2.	It laterally flexes the vertebral column.
4.	The four muscles join together at the quadriceps tendon.
5.	Forms the buttocks.
6.	Covers the anterior crest.
8.	Draws the leg inward and laterally rotates the thigh.

9.	Flexes and abducts the thigh.
10.	It is the most medial, or inner, of the quadriceps muscles.
11.	Extends the thigh and flexes the knee.
12.	Forms the calf.
15.	Originates on the Ilium and inserts on the tibia.

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