Ans) No you don't consider popliteus muscle as a lateral rotetor of Hip
The popliteus muscle - thin, flat, triangular-shaped
This muscle gets its name from the word popliteal, which is an anatomical term meaning - Back of the knee.
Function - Involved in 2 main movements of the knee joint -
Knee flexion and internal rotation.
Knee flexion occurs when the knee joint bends,
Internal rotation occurs when the knee joint rotates or turns inward toward the midline of the body.
Lateral rotetor of Hip - Mainly by 6 muscles
1 Piriformis
2 Gemellus superior
3 Gemellus inferior
4 Obturator internus
5 Obturator externus
6 Quadratus femoris
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