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What muscles are in your knee and where at?
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Knee muscles: Try googling knee anatomy. A picture is worth more than a thousand words!
Answered 12/9/2013
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Knee: 4 femorals on the front, adductor inside, abductor outside border, 4 hamstrings on the back, calf muscle on the back and a few other muscles. Is a complex network of muscle.
Answered 10/4/2016
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