Crossword-Solution: QUADRICEPS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Quadriceps | n. | The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “QUADRICEPS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| EXTENSOR muscle of thigh | 1 answer |
| Muscles strengthened by squats | 3 answers |
| MUSCLE of the thigh | 5 answers |
| THIGH muscle(s) | 8 answers |
| MUSCLE of the body | 18 answers |
| BODY muscle(s) | 22 answers |
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Sentences with QUADRICEPS (5)
Markoe observed a patient of seventy-two, who ruptured both the quadriceps tendons of each patella by slipping on a piece of ice, one tendon first giving way, and followed almost immediately by the other.
Gibney records a case in which the issue was not so successful, his patient being a man who, in a fall ten years previously, had ruptured the right quadriceps tendon, and four years later had suffered the same accident on the opposite side.
The following table shows the man's injuries in the order of their reception:-- (1) Sabre-cut across the quadriceps femoris of right leg, dividing the tendinous and muscular structures.
One or more of the middle ribs on the right side were broken near the angle, and there was a large transverse rent in the quadriceps extensor.
The right leg will be raised and thrown forward with a jerk, owing to the contraction of the quadriceps muscles.
Quotes with QUADRICEPS (1)
Fracture of the patella may be produced by muscular action or by direct violence. When produced by muscular action, it occurs thus: a person in danger of falling forwards attempts to recover himself by throwing the body backwards, and the violent action of the quadriceps extensor upon the patella snaps the bone transversely across.
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Appears in: WP.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2023).