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

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 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...

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....

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

vastus lateralis. All four parts of the quadriceps muscle attach to the patella (knee cap) by the quadriceps tendon. The rectus femoris is situated in...

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

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

exposure of the front of the knee, with detachment of part of the quadriceps muscle (vastus medialis) from the patella. The patella is displaced to one...

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...

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

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

lateralis, vastus medialis, and vastus intermedius. These quadriceps muscles are innervated by the femoral nerve. The tibial tuberosity thus forms the terminal...

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

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 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...

trochlear groove of the femur. It guides the patellar ligament of the quadriceps over the knee joint to its point of insertion on the tibia. Caudal to...

with the intention of stretching and strengthening the hip abductors, quadriceps, and hamstrings. These stretches have the potential to significantly reduce...