title: List of internal rotators of the human body
text: # List of internal rotators of the human body
  
  In anatomy, internal rotation (also known as medial rotation) is an anatomical term referring to rotation towards the center of the body.
  
  ## Muscles
  
  The muscles of internal rotation include:
  
  * of arm/humerus at shoulder
     * Anterior part of the deltoid muscle
     * Subscapularis
     * Teres major
     * Latissimus dorsi
     * Pectoralis major
  * of thigh/femur at hip
     * Tensor fasciae latae
     * Gluteus minimus
     * Anterior fibers of Gluteus medius
     * Adductor longus and Adductor brevis
  * of leg at knee
     * Popliteus
     * Semimembranosus
     * Semitendinosus
     * Sartorius
  * of eyeball (motion is also called "intorsion" or incyclotorsion)
     * Superior rectus muscle
     * Superior oblique muscle
  