... surface of the foot Saladin: Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, Third Edition10. The Muscular System Text© The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2003Chapter 10Several of the muscles ... groupforms the thick fleshy mass (thenar eminence) at the base of the thumb, except for the adductor pollicis, whichforms the web between the thumb and palm; the hypothenar group forms the fleshy ... as exten-sors of the knee, those of the medial compartment asadductors of the femur, and those of the posterior com-partment as extensors of the hip and flexors of the knee.In the medial compartment...