quadriceps femoris

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Introduction

Anterior thigh muscles.

Origin

(by 4 heads)

Insertion

Action

extends leg & flexes thigh (rectus femoris)

Innervation

femoral nerve

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999