"Quadriceps Muscle" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D052097
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.633.567.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Quadriceps Muscle- Quadriceps Muscle
- Muscle, Quadriceps
- Muscles, Quadriceps
- Quadriceps Muscles
- Quadriceps Femoris
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