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Functional anatomy of the quadriceps femoris muscle: origin, insertion, action, shape & size, exercises, common injuries, and more.

Outside of the spine, the knees are the most vulnerable to injury as we age. These low-impact exercises will help protect your knees by building the muscles around them.

In this Muscle of the Month article, David Keil presents the quadriceps group of muscles, describing where they are located, what actions they perform, how they relate to yoga postures, and how and why they can become injured.

Quadriceps femoris muscle aka Musculus quadriceps femoris in the latin terminology. Learn more now!

Flexor digitorum longus is a long muscle of the posterior compartment of leg that acts on four different joints. Learn more now at Kenhub!