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A newly discovered muscle: The tensor of the vastus intermedius

Grob, Karl ; Ackland, T. ; Kuster, M.S. ; Manestar, M. ; Filgueira, Luis

In: Clinical Anatomy, 2016, vol. 29, no. 2, p. 256–263

The quadriceps femoris is traditionally described as a muscle group composed of the rectus femoris and the three vasti. However, clinical experience and investigations of anatomical specimens are not consistent with the textbook description. We have found a second tensor-like muscle between the vastus lateralis (VL) and the vastus intermedius (VI), hereafter named the tensor VI (TVI). The aim of...