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semitendinosus

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sem·i·ten·di·nous

(sem'ē-ten'di-nŭs),
Composed in part of tendon; denoting the semitendinosus muscle.
Synonym(s): semitendinosus
[L. semitendinosus]
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As for semitendinosus muscle, mean EMG activity was about 35% MVIC.
Medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction with semitendinosus autograft for chronic patellar instability: a follow-up study.
Muscle architecture variations along the human semitendinosus and biceps femoris (long head) length.
The quadriceps femoris (rectus femoris, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis, and vastus lateralis) and the hamstring (long head of biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus) of the left leg were manually segmented [Figure 1], avoiding muscle fasciae and large vessels.
a hamstring injury of the semitendinosus muscle that does not affect
Bhandari, "Effect of high power ultrasound and ageing on the physical properties of bovine Semitendinosus and Longissimus muscles," Meat Science, vol.
Options for augmentation include autologous semitendinosus and gracilis tendon grafts, contralateral bone-patellar tendon-bone autografts, turndown of the quadriceps tendon, Achilles and extensor mechanism allografts, and artificial materials [13-19].
The sutures of the proximal two anchors were passed through the biceps femoris, the sutures from the central anchor were passed through the semitendinosus tendon, and the sutures from the distal two anchors were passed through the semimembranosus tendon.
The electrodes were sited on the following muscles of the dominant extremity mainly focusing on lower body (Figure 1): rectus abdominis (RA), rectus femoris (RF), vastus lateralis (VL), vastus medialis (VM), semitendinosus (ST), biceps femoris (BF), tibialis anterior (TA) and gastrocnemius (GC).
This accessory muscle most commonly arises from the semitendinosus muscle, but TFS can take origin from any of the hamstring muscles.
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