Sample Sentences & Example Usage. 1  Persian Proverb: He who wants a rose must respect the thorn. 2  Matshona Dhliwayo: A thorn in your side is better than a thorn in your soul. 3  James Russell Lowell: One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. 4  Chinese Proverb: A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.
The peroneus longus is a major muscle in the lower leg that, with the peroneus brevis. muscle, plantar flexes and everts the foot at the ankle. The peroneal longus muscle-tendon. complex has its origin along the lateral edge of the head and proximal shaft of the fibula. From the origin, it descends along the lateral edge of the leg to a point halfway between the. knee and ankle, where it tapers to form a long tendon.
The sartorius muscle in the longest muscle in the body. It is long and thin, running across the thigh in a inferomedial direction. It is found more superficially to the other muscles in the leg. 1  Attachments: Originates from the anterior superior iliac spine, and attaches to the superior, medial surface of the tibia.2  Actions: At the hip joint, it is a flexor, abductor and lateral rotator. 3  At the knee joint, it is also a flexor.he quadriceps femoris is the main extensor of the knee. Vastus Muscles. There are three vastus muscles â vastus medialis, vastus intermedius and vastus lateralis. They are located exactly where their names suggest; the medialis lies on the medial side of the anterior thigh, and the lateralis lies on the lateral side.