Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Quadriceps

This is the quadricep muscles, as approved and built upon from the last muscle update post. This shows the full quadricep muscle set which attach from the pelvis bone and run along down the Femur attaching to the top of the Tibia. The first Image shows the front of the leg and the corresponding quadricep muscle mass crossing over the Femur. The adductors can also be seen running diagonally from the top half of the femur to the pelvis area.

This second image Shows the profile view or the Side view of the Skeleton. From here you can see the Glutes very slightly as well as the outer side of the leg. From Here the attaching points on the Pelvis can be seen at the top of the hips, where there is a visual change in muscle direction.






The third image display the back of the Skeleton. Here the glutes can be seen how they overlap the quadricep muscles in the back of the leg. This also shows how the quadricep muscles diverge apart and form an upside down V around the back of the knee where the Femur and Tibia meet. The quadriceps then wrap around the front of the leg attaching around the sides of the knee cap location.



This last image displays the inside area of the thigh. Mainly to show how the quadraceps attach at the base of the pelvis and runs down the leg wrapping to the front. This can be seen from the diagonal line which the muscles make. One other muscle can also bee seen which is the Gracilis, running from the front of the leg wrapping around the inside of hte leg to the back of the knee and then returning to attach to the front of the Tibia.

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