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Meanings of quadriceps in English

Catalan
quàdriceps

A muscle of the thigh that extends the leg.

quàdriceps
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Examples for "quad"
Examples for "quad"
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It's just one of a number of fatalities involving quad bikes recently.
Radio NZ
2
The quad and cordelette and other similar systems do have other advantages.
Rock and Ice Magazine
3
The device comes with a quad core processor and 12 gigabyte storage.
The Irish Times
4
The men's quad just missed out after coming fourth in their semi.
Radio NZ
5
In no time she is sprinting across the bright quad toward Archer.
Strange Sweet Song
1
The quadriceps femoris muscle and lungs were observed grossly and microscopically.
Pubmed
2
The chief physiological antagonistics of the glutei are the quadriceps femoris and tensor fascia lata.
Lameness of the Horse / Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
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Older obese women have a larger quadriceps femoris size but develop lower tension per unit of skeletal muscle than their normal-weight counterparts.
Pubmed
4
(1) Sabre-cut across the quadriceps femoris of right leg, dividing the tendinous and muscular structures.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
Usage of quadriceps in English
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However, quadriceps muscles were consistently spared both in distal and limb-girdle phenotypes.
Pubmed
2
Millsap missed the previous two games due to a right quadriceps strain.
Reuters
3
Biopsies from the quadriceps muscle were taken 48 hr after each test.
Pubmed
4
Strength was normal but muscle relaxing was slow mainly in the quadriceps.
Pubmed
5
Wambach replaced Megan Rapinoe, who had a sore quadriceps in training Friday.
The Guardian
6
Most of those were in the quadriceps, hamstring and adductor muscle groups.
Reuters
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Homocysteine had an inverse relationship to quadriceps strength and gait speed.
Pubmed
8
Muscles were obtained from the quadriceps muscle, diaphragm and heart, respectively.
Pubmed
9
Rockets PG Patrick Beverley did not play due to a bruised left quadriceps.
Reuters
10
The muscles around the knee: namely the quadriceps or thigh muscles.
The Guardian
11
Leonard has not played this season because of a quadriceps injury.
Reuters
12
She ignored the weakness seeping into her quadriceps and turned onto her side.
Damaged
13
Griffin already was on the sideline with a strained quadriceps tendon.
Reuters
14
The quadriceps femoris muscle and lungs were observed grossly and microscopically.
Pubmed
15
In vivo expression was detected after injection of plasmid DNA into mouse quadriceps.
Pubmed
16
This tones and stretches the hip flexor and quadriceps muscles in the leg.
The Irish Times
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