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vastus lateralis, vastus medilis, vastus intermeduis
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Hamstring muscles serve as antagonists for what group of muscles?
Quadriceps femoris
What insertion tendon of what group contains a large sesamoid bone the patella?
Quadriceps femoris group, including rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, and vastus intermedius.
What is the definition of quadriceps femoris?
A quadriceps femoris is the large muscle that covers the front and sides of your thigh. It is a group of 4 total muscles that sit on top of the thigh.
What muscle is involved with the patellar reflex?
The quadriceps group of muscles. Rectus Femoris more specifically.
What is the anatomically correct name for the quadriceps?
== That is actually what that muscle group is called, to the best of my knowledge. == The four muscles that make up the quadriceps group are: * Vastus Medialis (Internus) * Vastus Intermedius * Vastus Lateralis (Externus) * Rectus Femoris
What muscle flexes thigh and extends leg?
The two main muscle groups in the upper leg are the quadriceps which extend your leg and the hamstrings which contract the leg.The biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus.The Hamstring Groupquadraceps and hamstring.Hamstring, biceps femoris, semitendinosus and semimembranosusBiceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus.
Where are the biceps femoris muscles?
The biceps femoris are the large muscles in the back of the upper legs, where they connect to the hamstring tendons.(Similarly, the biceps or biceps brachii, are muscles of the upper arm.)
Group of muscles that extend the leg?
There are four muscles that extend the leg. vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius and rectus femoris.
Are there any muscles that start with q?
The quadriceps femoris (Latin for "four-headed [muscle] of the femur"), also called simply the quadriceps, quadriceps extensor, quads, is a large muscle group that includes the four prevailing muscles on the front of the thigh.
What insertion tendon of what group contains a patella?
The quadriceps muscle goes over the patella. The patella is encased in the quadriceps tendon. This tendon inserts on the tibia at the tibial tuberosity. Other muscles from the thigh have tendons which go underneath the patella.
Select the correct list of the muscles that comprise the quadriceps group:?
Rectus femoris, vastus intermedius, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis.
Muscle group antagonistic to the quadriceps femoris?
Quadricepts
