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Muscle group · Thigh

Hamstrings

In Review

The three muscles on the back of the thigh — biceps femoris, semitendinosus and semimembranosus — which cross both the hip and the knee, extending the hip and bending the knee, and lengthen under load as the leg swings forward.

Also known as

  • hammies
  • back of thigh
  • hamstring group