Anatom3DShort head of biceps femoris
Caput breve musculi bicipitis femoris · Krátká hlava dvojhlavého svalu stehenního
Muscles
Looks like
The outer hamstring's short head, from the back of the thigh bone to the fibula head.
What it does
Bends the knee and turns the leg outward.
Keeping it well
Powered by the common fibular nerve, unlike the other hamstrings.
Related conditions
- Botulism
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Fibromyalgia
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Growing pains
- Heat exhaustion & heatstroke
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
- Muscle strain (pulled muscle)
- Muscular dystrophy
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Restless legs syndrome
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Sarcoma
- Sarcopenia
- Tetanus
- Varicose veins