List of external rotators of the human body
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External rotation (or extorsion or lateral rotation) is an anatomical term of motion referring to rotation away from the center of the body. The muscles of external rotation include:
Muscles
- of arm/humerus at shoulder[1]
- Deltoid muscle
- Infraspinatus
- Teres minor
- of thigh/femur at hip [2]
- Gluteus maximus
- Lateral rotator group
- piriformis
- gemellus superior
- obturator internus
- gemellus inferior
- obturator externus
- quadratus femoris
- Sartorius
- of eyeball (motion is also called "extorsion" or excyclotorsion)[4]
References
External links
- External+rotation at eMedicine Dictionary
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