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...

but deep to the rectus femoris muscle. Typically, it cannot be seen without dissection of the rectus femoris. The rectus femoris arises from the anterior...

three posterior thigh muscles between the hip and the knee (from medial to lateral: semimembranosus, semitendinosus and biceps femoris). The word "ham" is...

the body of the femur in its upper two-thirds, sitting under the rectus femoris muscle and from the lower part of the lateral intermuscular septum. Its...

Lateral rectus muscle Medial rectus muscle Superior rectus muscle In the leg: Rectus femoris muscle In the neck: Rectus capitis anterior muscle Rectus capitis...

inside of the thigh, respectively. The fourth muscle is the rectus femoris muscle a large fleshy muscle which covers the front and sides of the femur...

compartment of thigh Biceps femoris Semitendinosus Semimembranosus of leg at knee (L3-L4) Quadriceps Rectus femoris muscle Vastus medialis Vastus lateralis...

muscle Rectus femoris muscle All pages with titles beginning with Rectus This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Rectus. If an internal...

important concept of biarticular muscles (consider the rectus femoris muscle for this example) is the change in muscle length when motion at the proximal...

largest and most powerful part of the quadriceps femoris, a muscle in the thigh. Together with other muscles of the quadriceps group, it serves to extend...

the rectus femoris muscle to contribute, for both the supine straight leg raise and the hanging straight leg raise versions, although the muscle will...

Pennate muscles generally also tire easily. Examples of bipennate muscles are the rectus femoris muscle of the thigh, and the stapedius muscle of the middle...

of the muscle. Anterior division supplies the sartorius muscle Posterior division supplies the rectus femoris muscle, the three vastus muscles – (vastus...

Additional muscles, such as the rectus femoris and the sartorius, can cause some movement in the hip joint. However these muscles primarily move the knee, and...

sign – squeezing the Achilles tendon Silva sign – pinching the rectus femoris muscle Stransky sign – vigorously abducting and suddenly releasing the...

in the body) and the quadriceps femoris group, which consists of the rectus femoris muscle and the three vasti muscles – the vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius...

lower and medial impression on the tuberosity of the ischium The rectus femoris muscle arises by two tendons: one, the anterior or straight, from the anterior...

would be sidelined for ten days after he picked up an injury to his rectus femoris muscle in his left thigh during training at the Juventus Center the day...

delineates the inferior extent of the origin of gluteus minimus muscle. Rectus femoris muscle may avulse from the AIIS with significant mechanical stress...

Japanese Super Cup. On 7 December 2020, Iniesta suffered a tear of the rectus femoris muscle during a 2–0 win in the round of 16 of the 2020 AFC Champions League...

the rectus femoris muscle in adolescents that were in the pubertal phase. For there is a 76% prevalence of patients with a shortened rectus femoris in...

of the femoral nerve. It passes posterior to the sartorius muscle and rectus femoris muscle. It passes laterally across the hip joint capsule. It divides...

FCB.com vs Athletic Bilbao 3 March 2024 10 April 2024 8 MF Pedri Rectus femoris muscle injury — right thigh 21 MF Frenkie de Jong Ankle spain — right ankle...

Skeletal muscle (commonly referred to as muscle) is one of the three types of vertebrate muscle tissue, the other being cardiac muscle and smooth muscle. They...

anterior to the vastus intermedius but deep to the rectus femoris. The tendinous part of the muscle is closely related to, and sometimes fuses with, the...

injury later in November 2011 when he damaged his right knee's rectus femoris muscle during the warm-up before the start of the match against Cagliari...

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

muscles in the hand. If there are fascicles on both sides of the central tendon, the pennate muscle is called bipennate (Fig. 1B). The rectus femoris...

of hip flexion, and is the strongest of the hip flexors (others are rectus femoris, sartorius, and tensor fasciae latae). The iliopsoas is important for...

iliopsoas or inner hip muscles: Psoas major Iliacus muscle Anterior compartment of thigh Rectus femoris (part of the quadriceps muscle group) Sartorius One...