quadriceps femoris in dogs

One of the muscles belong to the group consisting of the rectus femoris and the three heads of the vastus (lateralis, medialis, intermedius). Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the quadriceps femoris is

One of the muscles belong to the group consisting of the rectus femoris and the three heads of the vastus (lateralis, medialis, intermedius). The atlas records it as a muscle at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the quadriceps femoris is

It sits in the hindlimb, within the muscular system. Only the region is known. The position shown is somewhere plausible inside it and nothing more.

What the quadriceps femoris connects to

The atlas records 20 typed relationships for it, across 8 kinds of connection. part of anatomical structure, appendage and appendage girdle complex, and 4 more.

Supply and innervation

Innervation: femoral nerve.

Also called

Also recorded as quadriceps, quadriceps femoris muscle, musculus quadriceps femoris, quadricep muscle, quadriceps muscle and quadriceps muscle of the thigh, and 1 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001377, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: anatomical structure, appendage, appendage girdle complex, hindlimb, musculature and musculature of lower limb, and 1 more.
• A kind of: limb muscle and pelvic complex muscle.
• subtype: rectus femoris, vastus lateralis and vastus medialis.
• contains: rectus femoris, vastus lateralis and vastus medialis.
• antagonist of: biceps femoris and semitendinosus.
• Innervated by: femoral nerve.
• inserts into: tibia.
• originates from: rectus femoris.

Questions

Where is the quadriceps femoris?

It sits in the hindlimb, within the muscular system. Only the region is known. The position shown is somewhere plausible inside it and nothing more.

What does the quadriceps femoris connect to?

Part of: anatomical structure, appendage, appendage girdle complex, hindlimb, musculature and musculature of lower limb, and 1 more.

Is the quadriceps femoris the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.