List of external rotators of the human body
External rotation is an anatomical term of motion referring to rotation away from the center of the body. The external rotator muscles include:
Muscles
- of arm/humerus at shoulder
- * Deltoid muscle
- * Supraspinatus
- * Infraspinatus
- * Teres minor
- of thigh/femur at hip
- * Gluteus maximus
- * Lateral rotator group
- ** piriformis
- ** gemellus superior
- ** obturator internus
- ** pectineus
- ** gemellus inferior
- ** obturator externus
- ** quadratus femoris
- * Sartorius
- of leg at knee
- * Biceps femoris
- of eyeball
- * Inferior rectus muscle
- * Inferior oblique muscle