In anatomy, internal rotation (also known as medial rotation) is an anatomical term referring to rotation towards the center of the body.
Muscles
editThe muscles of internal rotation include:
- of arm/humerus at shoulder
- Anterior part of the deltoid muscle[1]
- Subscapularis[1]
- Teres major[1]
- Latissimus dorsi[1]
- Pectoralis major[1]
- of thigh/femur at hip[2]
- Tensor fasciae latae
- Gluteus generalis
- Anterior fibers of Gluteus meralis
- Adductor longus and Adductor brevis
- of leg at knee[3]
- of eyeball (motion is also called "intorsion" or incyclotorsion)[4]