quadriceps femoris muscle

It is attached to the tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscle, which contracts to extend/straighten the knee.

Of the 'anterior thigh muscles' the largest are the four muscles of the 'Quadriceps femoris muscle'.

The anterior thigh muscles form the Quadriceps femoris muscle which is inserted on the patella with a common tendon.

From there, an alpha-motor neuron conducts an efferent impulse back to the quadriceps femoris muscle, triggering contraction.

In 2009, Albrecht was placed eighth in a historical ranking of the bodybuilders with the best quadriceps femoris muscles by Flex.

Beneath the condyles is the tibial tuberosity which serves for attachment of the patellar ligament, a continuation of the quadriceps femoris muscle.

This is more common in women with a ratio of 3 to 1 and most likely due to the wider quadriceps femoris muscle angle in the os coxae.

The obliquus genu muscle is the most distal segment of the vastus medialis muscle of the quadriceps femoris muscle group.

The quadriceps femoris muscle group and rectus femoris are both responsible for knee extension while the rectus femoris also contributes to flexion at the hip.

It gives attachment to the patellar ligament, which attaches to the patella from where the suprapatellar ligament forms the distal tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscles.

As the upper and lower limbs have similar embryological origins and the lower limb contains the quadriceps femoris muscle (the lower limb equivalent of the triceps), which has four heads.

In human anatomy, the quadriceps tendon connects the quadriceps femoris muscles to the superior aspects of the patella on the anterior of the thigh and controls knee flexion and extension.

Harrison's 2008 season ended early when, in an October 20 game against the Denver Broncos, Harrison tore his right quadriceps femoris muscle on a play, was carted off the field, and placed on injured reserve.

Antagonist, a muscle with the equal but opposite action Often, a muscle is divided into other muscles; for example, the quadriceps femoris muscle is further subdivided into the rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius and vastus medialis.

However, when applied with ample power and to a vulnerable region they can cause pain, for example, hitting an opponent with your shoulder to the nose, striking the upper Quadriceps femoris muscle with your hip, or driving your shoulder into your opponent's solar plexus region.

Patellar reflex or knee jerk is a kind of deep or stretch reflex where an application of a stimulus to the patellar tendon such as strike by a solid object or hammer caused the leg to extend due to such stimulus causes the quadriceps femoris muscle to contract.