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Quadriceps muscle

The quadriceps muscle is the large muscle at the front of the thigh.

The word ‘quadriceps’ mens ‘four heads’ and the muscle has four heads. These are:

• rectus femoris
• vastus lateralis
• vastus medialis
• vastus intermedius (under the rectus femoris)

The illustration shows a right knee.