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US
/ˈkwɑdɹəˌsɛps/
]
[ UK /kwˈɒdɹaɪsəps/ ]
[ UK /kwˈɒdɹaɪsəps/ ]
NOUN
- a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg
How To Use quadriceps In A Sentence
- Mr. Syme's original operation was briefly as follows: -- With an ordinary amputating-knife make a lunated incision (Plate I.fig. 19) from one condyle to the other, across the front of the joint, on a level with the middle of the patella, divide the tissues down to the bones, and then draw the flap upwards, then cut the quadriceps extensor immediately above the patella. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
- Just a few injections of this DNA into the quadriceps, hamstring, and gluteus, and the muscle fibres start cranking out Velociphin, which activates the fast myosin gene.
- The combined training group also completed 4 strengthening exercises targeting the pectorals, latissimus dorsi, gluteals, and quadriceps for 45 minutes.
- I broke my femur and they had to take one of my quadriceps out. The Sun
- The exercise program consisted of 8 resistance exercises on a multigym apparatus for 3 upper body muscles (triceps, biceps, and latissimus dorsi) and 4 lower body muscles (quadriceps, hamstrings, gluteals, gastrocnemius/soleus).
- Objective:To probe into the advantage of using Ho:YAG laser under arthroscope and improved quadricepsplasty to treat the straighten stiff knee joint and the way of early recovery.
- The barbell squat involves all four muscles of the quadriceps group, located on the front of the thigh.
- The combined training group also completed 4 strengthening exercises targeting the pectorals, latissimus dorsi, gluteals, and quadriceps for 45 minutes.
- Upon tapping, the quadriceps tendon caused a brisk marked contraction of thigh muscles, followed by mild clonus. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
- The deep branch innervates the quadriceps muscle, knee joint, and medial ligament.