quadriceps muscle of thigh

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• quadriceps femoris muscle — quadriceps muscle of thigh musculus quadriceps femoris …   Medical dictionary

• Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… …   Medical dictionary

• Quadriceps femoris muscle — Quads redirects here. For other uses, see Quad. Quadriceps femoris muscle Muscles of lower extremity. (Rectus femoris removed to reveal the vastus intermedius.) Latin …   Wikipedia

• Muscle — For other uses of Muscle , see Muscle (disambiguation). A top down view of skeletal muscle Muscle (from Latin …   Wikipedia

• Quadriceps — Although the term quadriceps technically may refer to any four headed muscle, it usually refers to and is synonymous with the quadriceps muscle of the thigh, the large muscle that comes down the femur (the bone of the upper leg), goes over the… …   Medical dictionary

• Quadriceps stretch — An exercise to stretch the quadriceps muscle, the large muscle in the front of the thigh. To do this exercise, lie on your left side, on the floor. Your hips should be lined up so that the right one is directly above the left one. Rest your head… …   Medical dictionary

• muscle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. thew, tendon, sinew; musculature, build, physique, huskiness, beef, weight, burliness; strength, brawn, power; armed might, arms, firepower. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fiber, flesh, protoplasm, meat,… …   English dictionary for students

• musculus quadriceps femoris — [TA] quadriceps muscle of thigh: a name applied collectively to the rectus femoris, vastus intermedius, vastus lateralis, and vastus medialis, inserting by a common tendon that surrounds the patella and ends on the tuberosity of the tibia, and… …   Medical dictionary

• quadriceps — [kwä′dri seps΄] n. [ModL < QUADRI + L ceps < caput, the HEAD] a muscle with four heads, or points of origin; esp., the large muscle at the front of the thigh, which extends the leg quadricipital [kwä΄drisip′i təl] adj …   English World dictionary

• quadriceps — ► NOUN (pl. same) ▪ a large muscle at the front of the thigh. ORIGIN from Latin, four headed …   English terms dictionary

• muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… …   Universalium