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Gracilis

an anatomical image of the gracilis muscle

Function

The gracilis muscle does the following:

  • Flexes the leg at the knee.
    This means that the gracilis muscle bends the leg at the knee joint such that there is a decrease in the angle between the lower leg and the upper leg.

The muscular anatomy image shown here is in the public domain. It may have been modified by ShapeSense.com, but was originally acquired at the following address:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gray430.png