APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Your quad muscles, or quadriceps femoris, are a group of muscles at the front of your thigh. Together, they contain more mass than any other muscle group in your body. You use your quads to perform a variety of movements, including kicking, running, jumping and walking.

Detailed explanation-2: -The muscle descends over the anterior surface of femur, filling the interval between vastus medialis and lateralis. It gives off a wide aponeurosis at the level of the distal femur, via which it attaches to the base of patella via the common quadriceps tendon. It also inserts into the lateral condyle of tibia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Abstract. Purpose: The quadriceps femoris has been described as a muscle composed by four heads: rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis and vastus intermedius. Each head fuse with the other ones making up the quadriceps tendon, which inserts into the patella.

Detailed explanation-4: -The tensor vastus intermedius (TVI) is a newly discovered muscle located in the anterolateral thigh (ALT) and is considered the fifth component of the quadriceps femoris muscle.

Detailed explanation-5: -Quadriceps include four large muscles located in the front of the thigh: vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius, and rectus femoris.