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The major muscles in the upper leg are the hamstrings and quadriceps. The hamstrings are three muscles at the back of the thigh that affect hip and knee movement. The quadricepsâthe strongest and leanest muscles in the bodyâare a four-muscle group at the front of the thigh that work to extend the knee and lower leg. The knee is a pivot-like hinge joint in the leg that connects the bones in the upper and lower leg. It is the largest joint in the human body.
Muscles and tendons work together to protect and house ligaments. Photo Credit Hemera Technologies/AbleStock.com/Getty Images. Your legs are composed of bones, muscles, tendons and ligaments. They all work together to help your legs stretch, bend, flex and perform other general movements. Your leg has seven main, or large groups, of muscle as well as several tendons. Tendons connect your muscles to your bones and act as cables, allowing your bones to move your muscles. Your quadricep muscles, also known as quads, consist of four muscles that compose the front of your leg; hence the name quads, meaning four. Your quads are located on the front, or anterior, part of your leg.