Semitendinosus muscle

Muscles · Latin: Musculus semitendinosus

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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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