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Musculoskeletal System > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Muscle, Skeletal > Quadriceps Muscle
Tissues > Muscles > Muscle, Striated > Muscle, Skeletal > Quadriceps Muscle

Preferred term

Quadriceps Muscle  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Quadriceps Femoris

Scope note

  • The quadriceps femoris. A collective name of the four-headed skeletal muscle of the thigh, comprised of the rectus femoris, vastus intermedius, vastus lateralis, and vastus medialis.

History note

  • 2006

In other languages

  • nelipäinen reisilihas

    Finnish

  • musculus quadriceps femoris
  • Lårmuskel

    Swedish

  • Mellersta breda lårmuskeln
  • Quadriceps femoris
  • Quadricepsmuskeln
  • Vastus intermedius
  • Vastus lateralis
  • Vastus medialis
  • Vidsträckta inre lårmuskeln
  • Vidsträckta yttre lårmuskeln

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D052097

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