LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259285271
Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 2MC
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The most powerful and largest muscles in the body are those of the lower limb. Several of these muscles cross and act upon two joints, one is the hip joint and the other is the knee joint.
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