Quadriceps: alternatives and connections

A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.

a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)

A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each…

Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines,…

That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially,…

A knee, or piece of knee timber

Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and esp. to the mus…

the quality of being divisible; the capacity to be divided into parts or divided among a number of persons

A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor.

One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after the thirty-…

Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-…

One of fourteen equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by fourteen; one next after the thirte…

One of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four; one coming next in order after th…

A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They a…

The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals.

One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an app…

One of a hundred equal parts into which one whole is, or may be, divided; the quotient of a unit divided by a hundred.

The great flexor muscle of the hip joint, divisible into two parts, the iliac and great psoas, -- often regarded as distinct muscles.