Semimembranosus

The semimembranosus muscle is one of the three hamstrings muscles.

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The semimembranosus reaches from the pelvis to the tibia.

 

What does the semimembranosus muscle do?

The semimembranosus helps with flexing the knee and also rotating it.

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Related Content

2015 - Posteromedial Corner of the Knee: The Neglected Corner

An interpretation of a published medical article on the posteromedial corner of the knee.

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CLINICAL PUBLICATIONS

Semimembranosus Tendinopathy - One Cause of Chronic Posteromedial Knee Pain. Bylund WE and de Weber K. Sports Health. 2010 Sep; 2(5): 380–384..

Tendinous insertion of semimembranosus muscle into the lateral meniscus. Kim YC, Yoo WK, Chung IH, Seo JS and Tanaka S. Surg Radiol Anat. 1997;19(6):365-9.

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