The quadriceps femoris muscle (/ˈkwɒdrɪsɛps ˈfɛmərɪs/, also called the quadriceps extensor, quadriceps or quads) is a large muscle group that includes...

the patella. It ultimately joins with the other muscles that make up the quadriceps in the quadriceps tendon, which travels over the knee to connect to...

The rectus femoris muscle is one of the four quadriceps muscles of the human body. The others are the vastus medialis, the vastus intermedius (deep to...

The vastus muscles are three of the four muscles that make up the quadriceps femoris muscle of the thigh. The three muscles are the vastus intermedius...

frequently continuous. Due to being the deeper middle-most of the quadriceps muscle group, the intermedius is the most difficult to stretch once maximum...

teardrop muscle) is an extensor muscle located medially in the thigh that extends the knee. The vastus medialis is part of the quadriceps muscle group....

treat PFPS are designed to strengthen the quadriceps muscles, because their weakness and quadriceps muscle imbalance may contribute to abnormal patellar...

superficial lumbar muscles. The femoral nerve passes through the muscle and innervates the quadriceps, pectineus, and sartorius muscles. It also comprises...

The semitendinosus (/ˌsɛmiˌtɛndɪˈnoʊsəs/) is a long superficial muscle in the back of the thigh. It is so named because it has a very long tendon of insertion...

small cross-sectional area compared to other individual quadriceps muscles. Quadriceps femoris muscle Anterior compartment of thigh Grob, K.; Ackland, T.;...

surface. Cross-section through the middle of the thigh. Muscles of the gluteal and posterior femoral regions. The popliteal, posterior tibial, and peroneal...

This is a table of skeletal muscles of the human anatomy, with muscle counts and other information. Skeletal muscle maps Anterior view Posterior view...

anterior thigh, and quadriceps reflex. In addition, comparison of quadriceps strength to adductor strength help point towards femoral neuropathy. However...

margin. The tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscle attaches to the base of the patella., with the vastus intermedius muscle attaching to the base itself...

The femoral nerve is the largest and longest of the plexus' nerves. It gives motor innervation to iliopsoas, pectineus, sartorius, and quadriceps femoris;...

rectus femoris, a large muscle in the quadriceps, is typical. If the central tendon branches within a pennate muscle, the muscle is called multipennate...

displacement is secondary. Of the anterior thigh muscles the largest are the four muscles of the quadriceps femoris: the central rectus femoris, which is...

The semimembranosus muscle (/ˌsɛmiˌmɛmbrəˈnoʊsəs/) is the most medial of the three hamstring muscles in the thigh. It is so named because it has a flat...

displacement and type of fracture. Tendons usually attach muscle to bone. In the knee the quadriceps and patellar tendon can sometimes tear. The injuries to...

women with a ratio of 3 to 1 and most likely due to the wider quadriceps femoris muscle angle in the os coxae. Between the years of 1991–1994, self-selecting...

converges with the femoral artery where it passes beneath the sartorius muscle. The saphenous nerve lies in front of the femoral artery, behind the aponeurotic...

of falls as it causes motor blockade of the quadriceps muscles. Due to the sparing of the thigh muscles the adductor canal block is becoming a preferred...

attaches to the quadriceps muscle via the quadriceps tendon, the middle to the vastus medialis obliquus and vastus lateralis muscles, and the bottom to...

extension Anterior compartment muscles of the thigh include sartorius, and the four muscles that comprise the quadriceps muscles – rectus femoris, vastus medialis...

of right leg. Muscles of leg The nerve of the anterior compartment of thigh is the femoral nerve. Innervation for the quadriceps muscles come from the...

'aponeurosis' of the vastus lateralis muscle (itself a part of the quadriceps muscles making up the 'lap'). Patello-femoral Pain Syndrome {This article has...

The anterior thigh muscles form the quadriceps which is inserted on the patella with a common tendon. Three of the four muscles have their origins on...

sartorius medially, and from the quadriceps femoris in front. The fascia lata surrounds the tensor fasciae latae muscle. It is a fibrous sheath that encircles...

MedicalMnemonics.com: 2382 In most population, pectineus is innervated by femoral nerve. knee/muscles/index at the Dartmouth Medical School's Department of Anatomy...

the semitendinosus and gracilis tendons (quadrupled hamstring tendon), quadriceps tendon, and an allograft. Although extensive research has been conducted...