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quadriceps femoris

Go to external page http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001377

One of the muscles belong to the group consisting of the rectus femoris and the three heads of the vastus (lateralis, medialis, intermedius). [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0073040584 ]

Term info

Label

quadriceps femoris

Synonyms
  • quadriceps
  • quadriceps femoris muscle
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Illu_lower_extremity_muscles.jpg

external definition

The quadriceps is a collective term for the rectus femoris and the three heads of the vastus (lateralis, medialis, intermedius). [Evolution, Fourth_Edition_(2006)_McGraw-Hill, Function, Kardong_KV, Vertebrates:_Comparative_Anatomy, p.391][VHOG]

has related synonym

musculus quadriceps femoris, quadricep muscle, quadriceps muscle of the thigh, quadriceps muscle of thigh, quadriceps muscle

id

UBERON:0001377