Where is your quadriceps muscles located?

Answer 1

Quadriceps

The quadriceps femoris (quadriceps, quadriceps extensor, or quads) includes the four prevailing muscles on the front of the thigh. It is the great extensor muscle of the knee, forming a large fleshy mass which covers the front and sides of the femur. It is subdivided into separate portions, which have received distinctive names.

• Rectus femoris occupies the middle of the thigh, covering most of the other three quadriceps muscles. It originates on the ilium. It is named from its straight course.

• The other three lie deep to rectus femoris and originate from the body of the femur, which they cover from the trochanters to the condyles:
  • Vastus lateralis is on the lateral side of the femur.
  • Vastus medialis is on the medial side of the femur.
  • Vastus intermedius lies between vastus lateralis and vastus medialis on the front of the femur.1

1. FINDERMIND.COM

The quadriceps is the large group of muscles located in the front of the thigh. Mostly they straighten the knee. It is the great extensor muscle of the knee, forming a large fleshy mass which covers the front and sides of the femur. It is the strongest and leanest muscle in the human body.

Answer 2

There is a muscle called the quadriceps. This is what you commonly refer to the thigh muscle.

Answer 3

The quadricep is the muscle on the front side of your your leg above your knee.

Answer 4

The quadriceps is the muscle in your leg. It is the muscle in between your knee and your waist. It is in the front not the back. It has the same job as your bicep.

Answer 5

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