Preferred Label : rectus femoris;
Uberon definition : The Rectus femoris muscle is one of the four quadriceps muscles of the human body.
(The others are the vastus medialis, the vastus intermedius, and the vastus lateralis.
All four combine to form the quadriceps tendon, which inserts into the patella and
continues as the patellar ligament. ) The Rectus femoris is situated in the middle
of the front of the thigh; it is fusiform in shape, and its superficial fibers are
arranged in a bipenniform manner, the deep fibers running straight down to the deep
aponeurosis. [WP,unvetted].;
Uberon synonym : musculus rectos femoris;
Origin ID : 0001378;
UMLS CUI : C0584894;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Uberon cross reference
- has muscle antagonist
- has muscle origin
The Rectus femoris muscle is one of the four quadriceps muscles of the human body.
(The others are the vastus medialis, the vastus intermedius, and the vastus lateralis.
All four combine to form the quadriceps tendon, which inserts into the patella and
continues as the patellar ligament. ) The Rectus femoris is situated in the middle
of the front of the thigh; it is fusiform in shape, and its superficial fibers are
arranged in a bipenniform manner, the deep fibers running straight down to the deep
aponeurosis. [WP,unvetted].
