Common Terms & Definitions. Access. A patient's ability to obtain care is determined by factors such as the availability of services, their acceptability to the patient, the location of facilities, transportation, hours of operation and cost of care.
Location of the Hamstring Muscle Photo Credit indykb/iStock/Getty Images. The hamstring muscles run along the back of your thigh, from your pelvis to your lower leg. There are three hamstrings: the semimembranosus, semitendinosus and biceps femoris.
The hamstring muscles are the large muscles that pull on these tendons. It has become common in layman's terminology (and by some medical personnel) to refer to the long muscles at the back of the thigh as the hamstrings or hamstring muscles..