Associations to the word «Quadriceps»

Wiktionary

QUADRICEPS, noun. (anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
QUADRICEPS TENDON, noun. (anatomy) In human anatomy, a tendon that connects the quadriceps femoris muscles to the superior aspects of the patella on the anterior of the thigh.

Dictionary definition

QUADRICEPS, noun. A muscle of the thigh that extends the leg.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats